Is WordReference safe?
WordReference sends selected text to www.wordreference.com when you use its context-menu translation shortcut.
When you select text and choose the WordReference context-menu item, the extension builds a WordReference URL using that selected text. It then opens the URL in a new tab, so the selected word or phrase is sent to www.wordreference.com as part of the page request.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.2resigned1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed WordReference 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.
- www.wordreference.com
WordReference sends data to www.wordreference.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.