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Agentic Browser Security: Indirect Prompt Injection in Perplexity Comet

Brave (Artem Chaikin and Shivan Kaul Sahib) · brave.com

A worked demonstration of a hidden Reddit comment steering an AI browser into a signed-in email account.

It answers 2 questions

  1. Is it safe to let an AI agent use my logged-in email, bank or social media accounts?
  2. Is it safe to let an AI agent or AI browser log in to my email, bank or shopping accounts?

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  1. The clearest explanation of when an agent can be tricked into leaking your data, and the one combination to avoid. simonwillison.net Article The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication Simon Willison
  2. What Claude in Chrome can do on a page, why it now acts without approving every step, and how its checks are tested. claude.com Article Claude in Chrome is generally available Anthropic
  3. Anthropic's research note on how it trains and screens a browsing agent against hidden instructions. anthropic.com Article Mitigating the risk of prompt injections in browser use Anthropic
  4. Survey data on how many people have tried agents, which accounts they connect and how much agent users spend. menlovc.com Article 2026: The State of Consumer AI Menlo Ventures
  5. Practical advice such as a separate browser profile for agent work, plus which sites Claude will not open. support.claude.com Guide Use Claude in Chrome safely Claude Help Center
  6. OpenAI's plain-language explainer of prompt injection, likened to phishing, and the layers it uses against it. openai.com Article Understanding prompt injections OpenAI
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