Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam

On Jun 18, 2025 at 1:59:37 PM EDT, "Alan" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2025-06-18 10:05, Marion wrote:
>> Recently I noticed an advertisement spam full-page popup on my phone.
>> That's unheard of for me (given how my phone is set up to never see ads).
>> 
>> The full-page video spam would pop up, but it would easily go away also.
>> The news-related spam had a "settings" gear icon but no "About" parentage.
>> 
>> Worse, it suspiciously didn't leave a presence in the "Iecently used".
>> Nor did it leave any leftover "Activity" presence in Android inspector.
>> 
>> Hmm...
>> 
>> Clearly it was written by a clever entity to hide its tracks well.
>> Who could be this clever intruder who makes it hard to identify parentage?
>> 
>> Digging about, I soon found the offensive full-page video activity was
>>   <com.sliide.content.MainActivity> (and yes, that's "sliide")
>> 
>> Apparently "Sliide" is a company that advertises directly to phones.
>> It was installed without my express consent, apparently, by T-Mobile.
> Hmmmmm...
> 
> I've never had anything like that happen in 15 years of iPhone use.
> 
> Weird.
> 
> :-)

Fascinating how Arlen tried to hide this Android-only malware from
misc.phone.mobile.iphone, where he ALWAYS claims that iOS is the least secure
OS ever!