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Web Translator overrides the browser's default search engine and new tab page to route all searches through search.web-translater-tab.com.
On installation, the extension sets search.web-translater-tab.com as the default search provider via chrome_settings_overrides, redirecting every address-bar query to that domain. It also replaces the new tab page with a custom page containing a search form that submits queries directly to the same third-party domain. No disclosure of this routing is presented to the user.
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Address-bar searches route to Web Translator
When Web Translator is installed, Chrome applies the extension's default-search override.
Searches typed into the address bar are routed to search.web-translater-tab.com, placing the search terms in the request URL sent to that domain.
You install Web Translator.
Chrome routes address-bar searches to the extension's configured search domain.
The request includes the words you typed as the search query.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Search terms | weather tomorrow (illustrative) | The words you type into Chrome's address bar are sent as the query. | |
Search request URL | https://search.web-translater-tab.com/search?q=weather%20tomorrow (illustrative) | The destination URL shows which service receives the address-bar search. |
The shipped manifest sets Web Translator as the default search provider
"chrome_settings_overrides": {
"search_provider": {
"encoding": "UTF-8",
"favicon_url": "https://web-translater-tab.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/icon-128.png",
"is_default": true,
"keyword": "Keyword",
"name": "Web Translator",
"search_url": "https://search.web-translater-tab.com/search?q={searchTerms}"
}
}- search.web-translater-tab.com
Receives Chrome address-bar search requests configured by the extension's default search provider override.
New-tab searches submit to Web Translator
When you use the search box on Web Translator's new tab page, the extension submits the text to search.web-translater-tab.com.
The form uses GET, so the search query is placed in the request URL rather than a request body.
You submit a search from the extension's new-tab page.
The page sends the search text to search.web-translater-tab.com as a GET request.
Because the form uses GET, the query appears in the request URL.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Search text | weather tomorrow (illustrative) | The words you enter in the new-tab search box are sent as the query. | |
Request URL | https://search.web-translater-tab.com/search?q=weather+tomorrow (illustrative) | The query is visible in the URL sent to the search service. |
The new-tab page's form submits searches to the Web Translator search host
"chrome_url_overrides": {
"newtab": "options.html"
}<form method="get" action="https://search.web-translater-tab.com/search">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="text">Enter Text:</label>
<textarea class="form-control" rows="5" name="q" id="text"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12 text-center">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary mb-5 theme-btn mr-1" id="translator_btn">Translate</button>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary mb-5 theme-btn ml-1" id="search_btn">Search</button>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<p id="error" class="text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
</form>- search.web-translater-tab.com
Receives new-tab search form submissions from the extension page.