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Leseratte_10 · 05-15-2022, 04:58 AM

Checking KOReader's source code, it does use Google Translate directly, at translate.googleapis.com: https://github.com/koreader/koreader...lator.lua#L146

This obviously means Google knows your IP, as you cannot communicate with a server without telling it where to send its response.

The KOreader developers are not hosting their own translation (proxy) server just so users can hide their IP from Google.

05-15-2022, 04:58 AM	#2
Leseratte_10 Groupie Posts: 182 Karma: 2010542 Join Date: Sep 2021 Device: PB Era, PB InkPad 3 Pro	Checking KOReader's source code, it does use Google Translate directly, at translate.googleapis.com: https://github.com/koreader/koreader...lator.lua#L146 This obviously means Google knows your IP, as you cannot communicate with a server without telling it where to send its response. The KOreader developers are not hosting their own translation (proxy) server just so users can hide their IP from Google.