Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam
Woody <[email protected]> Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:04:01 +0100
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android,alt.cellular,uk.telecom.mobile,misc.phone.mobile.iphone |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed 18/06/2025 18:59, Alan 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. > > :-) Note that this mail is sent to three possibly US groups and one UK. Says it all really?