Understanding Trust Score
What the Score Actually Is
Section titled “What the Score Actually Is”
12- 1Your score out of a hundred, with the word the app uses for that range.
- 2The four the screen breaks out, each with its own bar and the word it has reached.
The score is a number from 0 to 100 that shows how established an account is in the Trusted Codes community.
When someone you do not know invites you to connect, their score gives you context. A score of 85 on an account that has existed for two years tells you something that a score of 15 on an account made yesterday does not.
Read it as a signal rather than a verdict. A low score does not mark someone as a bad actor, and most low scores belong to accounts that are new.
What Goes Into It
Section titled “What Goes Into It”The screen breaks the score into four bars. The formula behind it is kept private, so that nobody can play against it, and it reads more than those four: the age of the account, the strength of its network of real connections, how much the account is used, how other people have rated their interactions with it, whether the invitations it sends get accepted, and what the fraud checks find.
Every account starts from the same footing, and no single factor outweighs the rest.
How to Read It
Section titled “How to Read It”| Score | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| 80 to 100 (Excellent) | Established and active. Still use caution for sensitive requests. |
| 60 to 79 (Strong) | Good standing with real activity behind it. |
| 40 to 59 (Growing) | The account may be newer, and it is building a reputation. Consider a second check for important connections. |
| 20 to 39 (Building) | Limited history. A brand-new account normally sits here. For anything that matters, verify through another channel. |
| 0 to 19 (New) | Very limited history, or signals that argue for caution. A score this low is worth a second look. |
What the Score Does Not Tell You
Section titled “What the Score Does Not Tell You”A high score is no proof that someone is the person they claim to be. It measures what an account has done, not the character of whoever holds it, and an account can be built patiently before it is misused. Weigh it alongside what you already know about the person and how they reached you.
How to Improve Your Score
Section titled “How to Improve Your Score”Your score grows with use. Using the app regularly, verifying connections where that is appropriate, and keeping your connections alive over months all move it, and account age adds to it on its own while you wait. Signing up for several accounts, sending invitations that nobody accepts, reaching the app from a VPN, Tor or a datacenter address, and going quiet for months all work against it.
The Score on an Invitation
Section titled “The Score on an Invitation”When an invitation arrives, you see the sender’s score together with the age of their account and any risk indicators, such as a VPN, a very new account or fraud signals.
Weigh all of that when you do not know the person, when the request is high-stakes, or when something about it looks unusual. It carries less weight when you already know the sender, when they are a colleague, or when the request is a casual one.