🔐 Shop with Caution: Watch Out for AI Extensions

Claude, published by Anthropic, has a solid sidebar extension and an agent that can execute tasks for you. Clear publisher. Clear branding. Legit.

But when you search for ChatGPT or Gemini, the store is full of copycats and pretenders using similar names and icons.

Why this is dangerous

AI sidebars often get permission to:

Read and change data on all websites
Click, type, and submit forms on your behalf

In the wrong hands, that means:

Account changes you didn’t approve
Transactions you didn’t initiate
Accounts literally being emptied.

This goes for every extention, but with AI extentions that are designed to read, write and act on your your behalve it's even more dangerous and likely to be exploited.

What to check (every time)

Publisher name
Publisher email & domain (must match the real company)
Permissions (global access ≠ casual)

The Chrome Web Store is not a trust guarantee.

If the publisher doesn’t clearly match the brand, don’t install it!

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