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| From | Marion <marion@facts.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, alt.cellular, uk.telecom.mobile |
| Subject | Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam |
| Date | 2025-06-18 17:05 +0000 |
| Organization | BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) |
| Message-ID | <102url6$2cqg$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
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.
But Sliide is, apparently marketing to *many* carriers.
(Is it marketing to the UK and EU carriers? I do not know if it is. Is it?)
Apparently Sliide's marketing to carriers is "Bigger revenue!".
<https://sliide.com/carriers>
"Sliide is at the center of the phone experience,
allowing exceptional analytics and maximum monetization
of every click, tap and swipe in real time!"
Note that Sliide marketing focuses on *many* carriers (not just tmo).
<https://sliide.com/> "Unlock digital revenue!"
"Sliide lets you go to places on a subscriber's phone
that you couldn't get to before, offering custom content
you can monetize. It's brand-new incremental revenue!"
Yet, long ago I had adb wipe out all T-Mobile bloatware en masse.
Luckily, this "Sliide" T-Mobile spam can be deleted from Android Settings.
It was apparently re-installed on June 4th, 2025 (without my permission).
Besides popping up full-page ads, it has 7 trackers. It can open links.
It has a "Hidden API Enforcement Policy" of "Enforce (dark-grey and black
lists"), which is a good thing as it can't access Android blocklist APIs
nor conditionally blocked APIs (restricted by API level).
Still, I deleted it; & I would ask other tmo USA customers to look for it.
<https://i.postimg.cc/vTrHTPB2/t-mobile-play.jpg>
If you are T-Mobile USA, do you have this app on your system?
T-Mobile Play <com.tmobile.m1>
If you're on T-mobile USA, what do you plan to do about this package?
If you're on any other carrier in the world, check for "Sliide" activity.
It's a separate topic how to look for activities with "sliide" in the name.
(Which we can cover separately, if people feel that's a useful topic.)
--
On June 4th 2025 T-Mobile USA apparently added this package to my phone.
T-Mobile Play <com.tmobile.m1>
That package has a full-screen spam "Activity" of
<com.sliide.content.MainActivity> (and yes, that's "sliide") with a
"Hidden API Enforcement Policy" of "Enforce (dark-grey and black lists").
T-Mobile Play is a pre-installed app (often referred to as "bloatware")
that T-Mobile includes on many of the Android phones they sell. It's
designed to provide free, ad-supported video content (news, entertainment,
sports, etc.) to T-Mobile customers.
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Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-18 17:05 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-06-18 18:17 +0100
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-18 17:57 +0000
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Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> - 2025-06-28 10:32 -0400
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-29 03:02 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-18 10:59 -0700
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2025-06-18 20:04 +0100
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-18 12:08 -0700
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-18 19:35 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-06-19 04:03 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-18 21:08 -0700
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-19 14:22 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-06-19 14:36 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam "W. Green" <wgreen@notreal.net> - 2025-06-19 16:28 +0100
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-06-19 06:07 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-06-19 09:00 +0000
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Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-06-19 17:54 +0100
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam "W. Green" <wgreen@notreal.net> - 2025-06-19 19:21 +0100
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-19 21:17 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-06-25 12:15 +0100
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-25 13:07 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-06-19 14:40 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-06-19 15:58 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-19 18:07 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-19 11:56 -0700
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-06-21 18:27 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-06-19 22:39 +0000
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-06-19 16:52 -0700
Re: Warning: Check your phone for unwanted "Sliide" intrusive full-page video spam Siard <saylor259@mailbox.org> - 2025-06-20 10:54 +0200
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