Recently, I've seen a bunch of projects claiming "Open Source / Audited" as if it's a get-out-of-jail-free card, basically just a new skin for clickbait. Honestly, if you want to gauge credibility, don't just look at that audit PDF cover: check GitHub to see if there's ongoing activity, whether issues have genuine problems raised, if they've been fixed, and whether the update logs only suddenly pick up around token launch or mainnet deployment.

As for upgrade permissions, that's more practical than the code itself... Who holds the multi-signature keys, how many people are required, whether they can unilaterally modify the contract or withdraw funds—if it's vague, I assume the worst. Recently, I’ve seen criticism about staking, shared security, and yield stacking being "copy-paste" schemes, which I can understand: layer upon layer, ultimately it still depends on whether that upgrade key is secure. Anyway, now when I see "yield stacking," I first screenshot and save it, then slowly review permissions and history—this reduces impulsiveness a lot.