Note: Despite this caveat about bad extensions, the Chrome Web Store is still the most reputable place to find verified extensions for Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers (like Brave). Before you install, be sure to check the total downloads of the extension, and read its ratings and reviews. Note that while the Chrome Web Store usually filters harmful or malicious extensions, the system isn’t foolproof: some bad extensions can slip through the cracks. To find extensions, you’ll start in the Chrome Web Store, and search by category. Note: If you’re already using the Brave browser, check out this guide adding extensions to Brave. ![]() ![]() How to get the benefits of Google Chrome extensions, and protect against their risk. So what to do? How do you customize your browser while protecting against these security risks? In this article, we’ll discuss how to find, install, and safely manage your extensions. Or the extension could be “spoofed” (meaning it’s an imposter version of the real thing) in an attempt to collect user data. Sometimes their code isn’t kept up to date, meaning they actually increase risk of hacking. But extensions have their own unique security and privacy risks. These extensions let users add extra security or other tools to the out-of-the-box functionality of the browser. Tells the translation feature that it has detected the wrong language and prompts you to select the correct language the site is displayed in.Third-party extensions can customize your browser. Tells the translation feature to never translate this specific website's text. Tells the translation feature to never translate the language the site is displayed in for any site. Tells the translation feature to always translate pages into german automatically (without the need to select the prompt again). The options are as follows (note that the language used in this example is "German" but will reflect the relevant language):Īllows you to select a different language to translate the site into on the fly. You may also select the "More options"/"Translate Menu" to reveal additional options for translating the site. In the example above, selecting English will change any text on the site from German to English. Once prompted, click on the Translate bubble in the address bar to select which language you would like to translate the text into: If you would like the browser to offer you the option to translate pages that display in one of your preferred languages anyway, you can do so by going to brave://settings/languages, selecting the "more options" menu (three dots icon) for the specific language and checking the Offer to translate For example, the translation option would not appear when visiting the site in the image above if the German was included in the Preferred ![]() Note that visiting sites with text in a language set as a Preferred Language (these can be found in brave://settings/languages) will not display the Translate option. Simply visit any website that contains text in a foreign language and observe the Translate prompt appear in the address bar: In order to use the Brave Translate feature, you'll need to disable any translation extensions (you can do this in brave://settings/extensions). ![]() By default, any currently installed and enabled translation extension will override the built in translation feature. We do recommend looking at the translations privacy policy to stay informed about what these extensions do with your translation data/requests. While Brave Translate will be the default translation option, you may still use your desired Translation extension for translation services in the browser. Note that, as stated in our Privacy Policy, Brave removes IP addresses associated with requests submitted to the translation service and any text submitted is not retained after the request completes. Brave has partnered with Lingvanex to bring quick, quality and private in-page translation for 108 different languages to the browser. Brave browser now offers it's own built-in translation feature for use in the Desktop and Android browser (iOS to be supported in future builds).
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