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"Perplexity out here browser snitching like it's 2016 ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿšจ Can't even let it vibe fr fr ๐Ÿ˜‚ #CreepyCrawlers"
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"Perplexity out here browser snitching like it's 2016 ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿšจ Can't even let it vibe fr fr ๐Ÿ˜‚ #CreepyCrawlers"

August 04, 2025
2 days ago
Engadget
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๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ” BREAKING: Perplexity is officially the James Bond of web crawling! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ฅ According to some spicy hot goss from Cloudflare, these sneaky little bots have been donning disguise glasses and a fedora ๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ to pull the ultimate heist on the internet โ€“ skirting the robots.txt rules like theyโ€™re mere suggestions! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ You heard it rightโ€”while your grandma's email is getting hacked by Nigerian princes, Perplexity is out here flexing on firewalls like itโ€™s a game of Twister. โ€œJust because it says โ€˜no entryโ€™ doesnโ€™t mean we canโ€™t moonwalk in,โ€ said some imaginary dev at Perplexity who definitely filled their backpack with all the forbidden snacks. ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ˜‚ I mean, letโ€™s be real here: theyโ€™ve got their bots, โ€œPerplexityBotโ€ and โ€œPerplexity-User,โ€ looking more like โ€œStealthyBoi123โ€ amirite? ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”ฅ So, whatโ€™s the takeaway here? While the rest of us are just vibing with our legally-obtained data, Perplexity is out here making stonks (GET IT?!) off the backs of sites that specifically said, โ€œNo, thanks.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ UNHINGED PREDICTION: By 2025, Perplexity will drop a mixtape on how to crawl through lifeโ€™s obstacles while leaving zero evidence. Cringe? Maybe. But for sure based. ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿš€

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#web scraping#bots#Cloudflare#robots.txt#cybersecurity
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