Google Translate exposes to public view the customer ID code associated with a particular user. Developers moving to the upcoming paid version of the service need to follow the documentation so their implementation of the package doesn’t lead them to paying for someone else’s use of the platform. Proxying the translator to another server hides the API that exposes the code and solves the problem, Google says in its documentation. Google says it will charge licensees based on how many characters it translates to translate in January.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130368/google-translate-glitch-opens-security-hole.html