Is Translator Extension safe?
Translator Extension sends selected page text to Google Translate when translation is invoked.
Translator Extension listens for configured selection actions, such as double-click, triple-click, or the selection context menu. When triggered, it opens or updates a Google Translate tab with the selected text included in the translate.google.com URL.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on translate.google.com
https://translate.google.com/
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Store data in your browser
storage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Translator contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- translate.google.comwidely used
Translator sends data to translate.google.com. A widely used service: 44 other extensions we have analysed send data here.