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Notification Spam
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Abusive browser and app notifications used for scams, malware distribution, phishing, fraudulent payments, and unwanted alerts.
Chrome’s 7 Billion-Notification Cleanup Turns Web Alerts Into a Security Setting
Google says Chrome reduced unwanted Android web notifications by more than 7 billion a day in the first quarter of 2026. The change is more than inbox cleanup: Chrome is treating notification permission as revocable trust, using Safety Hub, Safe Browsing, abuse-network detection, and server-side Push API throttling to cut off scam and malware campaigns.
