[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-chrome-adds-suspicious-site-warnings-for-enhanced-protection":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},11925,"chrome-adds-suspicious-site-warnings-for-enhanced-protection","Chrome Adds Suspicious-Site Warnings for Enhanced Protection","Chrome will flag sites that resemble known phishing, malware and scam pages, and users can mark a flagged site as safe.","Chrome will now warn you before you open a website that looks suspicious, a softer alert than an outright block, if you have Enhanced Protection turned on.\n\nGoogle said the new suspicious site warnings flag a page when it shares qualities with other sites tied to phishing (fake pages built to steal logins), malware, and scams. If you know for sure that a flagged site is safe, you can mark it as such.\n\nThe design borrows from Chrome's file downloads. In 2024, Google introduced a two-stage system there, with visually different notifications for blocked files depending on whether they are judged \"suspicious\" or \"dangerous.\" The site warnings bring that same split to web pages.\n\nThe middle tier is the interesting part. Browser warnings have traditionally been a binary: a page is blocked or it is not. A \"suspicious\" label concedes that detection is a matter of resemblance, not proof, and it hands the final call to the reader. That helps with new or obscure sites that look like scams but are not. It also leans on user judgment, which is exactly what scammers try to exploit.\n\nThe audience is narrower than the headline suggests. Enhanced Protection is Chrome's more aggressive Safe Browsing setting, and it is not on by default, so only people who chose it will see these warnings.\n\nGoogle has described how a site gets flagged and what users can do about it. It has not published a rollout date, a list of supported platforms, or figures on how often the system flags legitimate sites. That last number will decide whether the \"mark as safe\" option is a rare exception or a routine chore.","[\"google-chrome\",\"browser-security\",\"phishing\"]","2026-10-20T17:00:00.000Z","2026-10-20T18:19:38.704Z","2026-10-20T18:19:38.927Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The final paragraph hedges about missing source data ('no results were given') instead of closing properly, so rewrite it as a real conclusion that says what Google has or hasn't published, and state the rollout timing and platforms only if they are known (the source gives none).","resolved","security",[32,33,34],"google-chrome","browser-security","phishing",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Ftech\u002F1014446\u002Fgoogle-chrome-suspicious-website-warning",0,{"sections":41},[42,47,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106],{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"AI","ai",7043,"2026-10-20T18:00:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":30,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Security",1019,"2026-10-20T18:07:34.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Policy","policy",546,"2026-10-20T13:11:23.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Deals","deals",536,"2026-10-20T15:55:20.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Hardware","hardware",271,"2026-10-20T15:25:03.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",253,"2026-10-20T18:12:50.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",207,"2026-10-20T12:50:00.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Startups","startups",136,"2026-10-20T16:32:21.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Software","software",134,"2026-10-20T14:57:15.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",119,"2026-10-20T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",88,"2026-10-20T09:36:16.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",82,"2026-10-20T18:45:39.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Reviews","reviews",38,"2026-10-20T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]