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Chrome's Enhanced Protection mode now warns users of suspicious sites with lower-confidence verdicts

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Chrome is expanding suspicious-site warnings to its 1 billion Enhanced Protection users, including lower-confidence verdicts, while moving Gemini page checks server-side.

PPC Land reports that Chrome is rolling out suspicious-site warnings to users on Enhanced Protection mode, now covering lower-confidence scam verdicts in addition to higher-certainty threats. The warning system is shifting Gemini page checks to server-side processing, raising questions about potential false positives and how legitimate sites may be affected by the expanded detection criteria.

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