Patrick Vanhoucke<p>In a hands-on with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Perplexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perplexity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> powered web browser <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comet</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechCrunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechCrunch</span></a> found it requests broad <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> Account access — like managing drafts, sending emails, downloading contacts, editing calendars, and copying a company's full employee directory.</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/for-privacy-and-security-think-twice-before-granting-ai-access-to-your-personal-data/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/for-</span><span class="invisible">privacy-and-security-think-twice-before-granting-ai-access-to-your-personal-data/</span></a></p>