Understanding trust vs risk scores
Updated July 8, 2026
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Trust vs risk scores
Every destination gets a trust score and a risk score (0-100). They come from an explicit weighted model, not a black box.
- Trust rewards positive signals: verified official status, valid HTTPS, an established domain.
- Risk accumulates negative signals: impersonation, punycode, risky TLDs, suspicious redirects, very new domains, community reports.
A verified official site scores high trust and low risk. A lookalike domain scores low trust and high risk. The signal breakdown on each result shows every contribution.