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Search for perplexity ai
Coverage of Search for perplexity ai in the Nexus archive.
- Fake Perplexity Chrome extension spies on your searches
A fake Chrome extension named 'Search for perplexity ai' impersonated Perplexity AI, secretly harvesting user search data through a typosquatted domain and unnecessary permissions. Microsoft's Defender team exposed the extension, which was removed from the Chrome Web Store, but remains active for prior users until manually uninstalled.