Google is putting together a new alliance to keep you safe from scams and f

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• Google is a founding member of the the Global Signal Exchange, a new clearinghouse for fraud and scam data.
• Formally launching next year, the Global Signal Exchange will share scam signals with member entities to help protect users.
• Google also continues to push for adoption of its own Cross-Account Protection, which now covers 3.2 billion users.

How many times has Google helped protect you from being scammed? Whether it spotted a fishy-looking email, or flagged a suspicious incoming call, every day there are lots of steps Google is taking to insulate you from all the bad actors out there. Succeeding at this task requires Google being able to recognize scams in the first place, and today the company announces a new partnership aimed at helping it do just that.

Google is helping to found the Global Signal Exchange (GSE), a platform for sharing information about scams and fraud. It’s doing this in collaboration with the Global Anti-Scam Alliance and DNS Research Federation, groups similarly interested in pushing back against the tide of scammers. For starters, the group is collating a massive number of URLs and IP addresses that they’ve already associated with online fraud. That’s just part of a pilot project, though, and the GSE intends to dial up its activities following its formal launch at the start of 2025.




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