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Re: Is there something underlying notifications?

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On 2026-05-07 20:11, micky wrote:
> In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 7 May 2026 11:06:38 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
> <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-05-07 00:18, micky wrote:
>>> Is there something underlying notifications?
>>>
>>> I am adrift!  I was in Peru for 11 days, and now I'm getting frequent
>>> notifications of something from the cellular company I used and from the
>>> computer store where I bought a wireless mouse.
>>>
>>> I could turn off the notifications for each of these, but would there
>>> still be something sent to me, in the background I guess, and the only
>>> change would be that I wouldn't be notifiied of it????
>>>
>>> I get maybe 4 a day so over a year there would be 1500 of these in a
>>> pile somewhere, never recycled, gathering dust, maybe mold and mildew,
>>> attacting flies, maybe rodents.  After 10 years there would be more than
>>> 15,000 and even though they are small, they are not that small and I
>>> envision them seeping out between the front and back sides of the case,
>>> getting over my hands and clothes, and possibly dripping into the food
>>> I'm eating.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>>>
>>> I don't want this to happen.  As I write, I think maybe I could
>>> dissociate myself from the cellular company, but I'm not associated with
>>> the computer store.  They just got my phone number because I called them
>>> before I went there.
>>>
>>> How does one normally stop someone from sending things worthy of
>>> notification?
>>
>> The shop is surely not sending "notifications" (for that they would need
>> some app installed in your phone), they are sending something else,
>> maybe SMSs, and you get a notification for each SMS.
>>
>> Read what the notification actually says for clues.
> 
> Well, there are no texts from them, but the latest notification says.
> 
> It starts off mentinoing Firefox and I did look at their page on Firefox
> on the phone.  I opened Firefox but I have no idea where to look to see
> any trace.... Okay I looked in tabs and found one from Coobox:  Precios
> bajos con gar... (all that I can see).  Maybe that's directly relate to
> the notification below.  At any rate there are 3 tabs from Coolbox that
> I've deleted and though I don't see how a tab can generate
> notifications, I'll see if that stops their notification.  Maybe the
> host, Coolbox, knows I have a tab.
> 
> Firefox - www.coolbox.pe - 28m
> 
> !Ofertas exclusivas en tienda
> Ven por tus audifonos y parlantes Bluetooth con los Precios Locura !Te
> eesperamos [sic]!
> 
> Then there's anothe r9 minutes earlier.
> 
> And I guess somehow it stopped showing those from earlier days. Maybe I
> accidentally deleted them.


When you enter some web pages there is a popup or whatever that 
"subscribes" you to updates from the page (they ask for permission). I 
don't remember how they work exactly, I read about the method once and 
decided I would always say "no" to them. So I do.

You may have one of those active.

And yes, having a tab open from some webpages can put up notifications. 
I never keep open a webpage in the phone for long. Just close their tabs.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Is there something underlying notifications?  micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-06 18:18 -0400
  Re: Is there something underlying notifications? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-07 11:06 +0200
    Re: Is there something underlying notifications? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-07 14:11 -0400
      Re: Is there something underlying notifications? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-07 20:29 +0200
        Re: Is there something underlying notifications? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2026-05-07 17:56 -0400

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