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Invest Instead

Chrome extension·by Invest Instead
30
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.

Likely abandonedsafety score reduced by 30 points

  • No update in over 2 years
  • The developer's website is no longer reachable
Why this matters

An unmaintained extension keeps whatever flaws it shipped with, and a listing with users but no owner is an attractive target to buy and repurpose.

Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue

How it ranks

Invest Instead's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
5%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 403,277 extensions
In Lifestyle
6%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 47,467 lifestyle extensions
Findings
194
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
8
median 26vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 194 distinct issues across 6 severities
194
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 198 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 3 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 3 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Low
Use side panel

Can display content in the browser side panel

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