Is WhatsApp™ Web Translator-Real-time Message Translate safe?
WhatsApp Web Translator sends WhatsApp account details and translation text to its backend.
On WhatsApp Web, the extension reads the account identifier from local storage and requests the Chrome profile email, then posts those values to its backend. When users translate a message or compose-box text, it sends that text and the selected target language to the same backend for translation.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes ittechtwos - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
techtwos - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0.9. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 2.0.17, which we have not unpacked yet.
Read and change your data on translate.google.so
https://translate.google.so/*
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
See the email address of your Google account
identity.email
Sign you in with your Google account
identity
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed WhatsApp™ Web Translator-Real-time Message Translate 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.
- wa-backend.lang-translator.com
WhatsApp™ Web Translator-Real-time Message Translate sends data to wa-backend.lang-translator.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.