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

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.

:-)