the company’s Android app, which offers not only search capabilities but also acts as an AI assistant, is riddled with a host of security issues that could expose its users to data theft, account takeovers and impersonation attacks from malicious hackers, according to a report by India-based mobile security company Appknox. One of these gaps also lets anyone access Perplexity’s API for free, exposing the company itself to the risk of losing revenue.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org
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    22 hours ago

    Yeah that’s why I don’t install any apps that aren’t completely necessary.

    • Landless2029@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      Agreed. Website works perfectly fine on mobile.

      You can even take the website and “add to homepage” on android effectively making it a webapp.

      I don’t know why people install apps…