Strong risk evidence requires a safety route. Do not proceed on the score alone.
Score interpretation
What a website trust score can and cannot tell you.
A HIP public lookup score runs from 0 to 100 and summarizes the evidence available for that target at a recorded time. Always read the reasons, evidence coverage and checked date alongside the number.
Current public bands
How public lookup labels the score.
Material warning signals call for a safety route and careful verification.
Risk indicators justify a clear warning before the user continues.
The available evidence does not support a confident trust conclusion.
Some evidence is available, but HIP cannot support a strong trust assertion.
Available evidence is generally positive, subject to every listed limitation and warning.
Strong available evidence supports the result. It still cannot guarantee future behaviour or complete safety.
Safeguards
Why arithmetic cannot hide critical risk.
Confirmed threats dominate
Confirmed phishing, malware or an approved critical-risk override can cap the final score at 9 even when other signals are positive.
Strong downloads need strong identity
A strong executable-download risk without strong identity evidence can cap the final score at 39.
Missing context limits confidence
Unknown targets with limited evidence and trusted parent domains with risky pages or user-generated content can be capped at 69.
Labels are not interchangeable guarantees.
TLS proves encrypted transport. DNS verification proves domain control. A valid signature proves signer origin and content integrity. None of those facts, alone, proves that a site is safe or trustworthy.