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

On 2025-06-19, Tyrone <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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!

OOOPS...

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