knoppix<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perplexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perplexity</span></a> AI is launching its <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comet</span></a> browser, aiming to compete with Google Chrome by offering context-aware responses and integration with Google services.</p><p>Comet will include privacy features like ad-blocking and data-sharing opt-outs.</p><p>However, I recommend staying away from these browsers and using privacy-respecting options like Firefox (to combat the Chromium monopoly) or Brave.</p><p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/perplexity-ais-comet-browser-will-streak-across-the-web-this-month" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techradar.com/computing/artifi</span><span class="invisible">cial-intelligence/perplexity-ais-comet-browser-will-streak-across-the-web-this-month</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Broswer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Broswer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CometBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CometBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
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Interesting Links<p><strong><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYXN0b2Rvbi5zb2NpYWwv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGEsoEUf6A680tWBS4aL-lWhqrMPk2_QxI0zMWdNuV_eKxlrsZcYWoje3EaS0pR1yQVqH7F0Rn7rQrXTBgbsRtbrXG8g7WbJ4yHfz6WnUcN0ltNXWSdYlb_WJe-aB5VkYuG_90s-pMSZS7ctp4E9YCWkm7wEVw99BmBIP71WCcrr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch</a></strong><br>"Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads." Yikes...I'm not sure I'd want to install this even to *test* it.
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Maybe in a VM, but there's no way I'd run this as a daily driver for a few weeks like I've been doing with other browsers.</p><p><a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/Perplexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perplexity</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#advertising</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceCapitalism</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/WebBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebBrowser</a> <a href="https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/tagged/CometBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CometBrowser</a></p>
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