What kind of drugs do those people take?
"For Carriers & OEMs : Owning the device experience lets you
present content that drives engagement, builds retention and
boosts profits long after the phone is sold. Every tap, swipe
and click adds to your insights."
It was installed without my express consent, apparently, by T-Mobile.
Does T-Mobile's standard T&C say that they are able to include little
gifts like this with firmware upgrades? Seems like a good way to drive customers away and build resentment?
Digging about, I soon found the offensive full-page video activity was
<com.sliide.content.MainActivity>
Apparently "Sliide" is a company that advertises directly to phones.
It was installed without my express consent, apparently, by T-Mobile.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:17:23 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :
Which will last for just as long as no one ever disagrees with you inWhat kind of drugs do those people take?
"For Carriers & OEMs : Owning the device experience lets you
present content that drives engagement, builds retention and
boosts profits long after the phone is sold. Every tap, swipe
and click adds to your insights."
Hi Andy, (this will be a newer, nicer version of me, but the same me!)
Recently I noticed an advertisement spam full-page popup on my phone.Hmmmmm...
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.
On 2025-06-18 10:05, Marion wrote:
Recently I noticed an advertisement spam full-page popup on my phone.Hmmmmm...
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.
I've never had anything like that happen in 15 years of iPhone use.
Weird.
:-)
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.Hmmmmm...
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.
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?
Digging about, I soon found the offensive full-page video activity wasHmmmmm...
� <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.
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?
Marion <[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:04:01 +0100, Woody wrote :
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?
Hi Woody,
I'm not sure what your point is, so I'll just say this was NEVER sent by
the OP to any Apple newsgroup - it was only sent to the following groups:
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,alt.cellular,uk.telecom.mobile
However, thank you for bringing up a good point that "Sliide" may be active >> on Apple iPhones also for all we know - but I didn't bring Apple into this. >>
I have a killfile for some Apple posters so I don't know who brought Apple >> into the discussion - but - the good news is Sliide may applie to iOS.
Or it might not.
I do not know if Sliide adds their sleazy content to Apple devices as my
Apple devices are not signed into the Internet to get that content.
Since "someone" else brought Apple into the discussion, it allows us the
opportunity to ask the Apple users in the UK, the EU & in the USA
(as well as in the 187 countries that Sliide advertises they're in).
Q: Does anyone know if carriers are adding "Sliide" content to iOS?
I have an iPhone, tmobile, and am signed into the Apple mothership yet have not seen this behavior.
The blatant point is don't post in a UK group when it has no relevance
there. T-mobile doesn't exist in the UK.
The blatant point is don't post in a UK group when it has no relevance >>there. T-mobile doesn't exist in the UK.
T-Mobile is a division of Deutsche Telecom.
You don't suppose...???
Since "someone" else brought Apple into the discussion, it allows us the
opportunity to ask the Apple users in the UK, the EU & in the USA
(as well as in the 187 countries that Sliide advertises they're in).
Q: Does anyone know if carriers are adding "Sliide" content to iOS?
I have an iPhone, tmobile, and am signed into the Apple mothership yet have not seen this behavior.
Anyway, since all I care about is to learn more about how Sliide works,
I dug a bit deeper to determine most likely Sliide only infests Android.
The good news is that Android has debugging tools which allow the user complete control over detecting & removing this carrier-provided malware.
<https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/en/>
Nothing like that tool will ever be on any iOS device because... Apple.
Since I'm all about inexorably improving and adding to our technical
ability and out team tribal knowledge, I'll write up a separate tutorial
for how to find an Activity on Android, as I am wont to do to help people.
On 2025-06-18 10:05, Marion wrote:
Recently I noticed an advertisement spam full-page popup on my phone.Hmmmmm...
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.
I've never had anything like that happen in 15 years of iPhone use.
Weird.
:-)
Anyway, since all I care about is to learn more about how Sliide works,
I dug a bit deeper to determine most likely Sliide only infests Android.
But you always claim that iOS is the least secure OS ever! Interesting how ONCE AGAIN facts get in the way of your claims.
The good news is that Android has debugging tools which allow the user
complete control over detecting & removing this carrier-provided malware.
<https://muntashirakon.github.io/AppManager/en/>
Nothing like that tool will ever be on any iOS device because... Apple.
Maybe because it is not needed. Because.... Apple.
Since I'm all about inexorably improving and adding to our technical
ability and out team tribal knowledge, I'll write up a separate tutorial
for how to find an Activity on Android, as I am wont to do to help people.
LOL, this is great stuff. Do you write your own material or do you hire comedy writers?
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.Hmmmmm...
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.
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!
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...
On 19 Jun 2025 15:58:14 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote :
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...
Heh heh heh... Apple religious zealots (aka Apple trolls) are in denial.
<https://dataseat.com/blog/the-evolution-of-skadnetwork>
What kind of strange person does what they just did?
They brazenly lied that Apple doesn't serve them any ads on iOS.
<https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/control-how-apple-delivers-advertising-to-you-iphf60a6a256/ios>
The blatant point is don't post in a UK group when it has no relevance >>>> there. T-mobile doesn't exist in the UK.
T-Mobile is a division of Deutsche Telecom.
You don't suppose...???
Besides operating in the us, eu & the uk, sliide is based out of london.
Interesting. Its address has no name plate and seems to be a gym. It
made a loss of �6.5m in its most recent accounts, an increase on the
�2.6m loss the previous year. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08751708
Except it does not operate outside the US. p20 of the most recent
financial disclosure:
"The whole of the company's turnover is attributable to its market in
the USA"
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:54:07 +0100, Chris wrote:
The blatant point is don't post in a UK group when it has no relevance >>>>> there. T-mobile doesn't exist in the UK.
T-Mobile is a division of Deutsche Telecom.
You don't suppose...???
Besides operating in the us, eu & the uk, sliide is based out of london.
Interesting. Its address has no name plate and seems to be a gym. It
made a loss of �6.5m in its most recent accounts, an increase on the
�2.6m loss the previous year.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08751708 >>
Except it does not operate outside the US. p20 of the most recent
financial disclosure:
"The whole of the company's turnover is attributable to its market in
the USA"
Interesting.
Sliide (plus44 holdings ltd, trading as sliide) is headquartered in the
heart of london's tech city, specifically at rutland house, edmund street, birmingham b3 2jr, england, united kingdom, with about 150 employees.
Sliide's job postings are in the uk for employment and they advertise a "buzzing london office" and "cycle to work" and "london office with a
vibrant culture". https://app.welcometothejungle.com/companies/Sliide#company-mission-section
In 2019 they were nominated for the uk business tech awards, which seems to be indicating their activity within the uk market. https://sliide.com/press/nominated-for-uk-business-tech-awards-2019
Much of their press releases seem to be about business in the uk. https://www.doit.com/clients/sliide/
But it could all be an offshore tax haven facade for all we know.
adb shell dumpsys package | findstr /B /C:"com.sliide.content.MainActivity" /S
.\adb shell dumpsys package | Select-String -Pattern "com.sliide.content.MainActivity" -Context 2,5
adb shell dumpsys package | findstr /B /C:"sliide" /S
.\adb shell dumpsys package | Select-String -Pattern "sliide" -Context 2,5
adb shell dumpsys package | findstr /B /C:"com.android.launcher3.Launcher" /S
.\adb shell dumpsys package | Select-String -Pattern "com.android.launcher3.Launcher" -Context 2,5
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 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:05:42 -0000 (UTC), Marion wrote :
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.)
Since I'm always kind hearted and purposefully helpful,
Marion wrote:
Since I'm always kind hearted and purposefully helpful,
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Anyone here agree with that?
Thought not.
On 2025-06-19 11:07, Marion wrote:
On 19 Jun 2025 15:58:14 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote :
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...
Heh heh heh... Apple religious zealots (aka Apple trolls) are in denial.
<https://dataseat.com/blog/the-evolution-of-skadnetwork>
What kind of strange person does what they just did?
They brazenly lied that Apple doesn't serve them any ads on iOS.
<https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/control-how-apple-delivers-advertising-to-you-iphf60a6a256/ios>
Literally no one said that.
T-mobile doesn't exist in the UK.
T-mobile doesn't exist in the UK.
T-Mobile UK (then a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom) and Orange UK (then
a subsidiary of France Telecom) merged to form EE (now a subsidiary of British Telecom).
Marion wrote:
Digging about, I soon found the offensive full-page video activity was
<com.sliide.content.MainActivity>
Apparently "Sliide" is a company that advertises directly to phones.
What kind of drugs do those people take?
"For Carriers & OEMs : Owning the device experience lets you
present content that drives engagement, builds retention and
boosts profits long after the phone is sold. Every tap, swipe
and click adds to your insights."
It was installed without my express consent, apparently, by T-Mobile.
Does T-Mobile's standard T&C say that they are able to include little
gifts like this with firmware upgrades? Seems like a good way to drive customers away and build resentment?
Does T-Mobile's standard T&C say that they are able to include little
gifts like this with firmware upgrades?� Seems like a good way to drive
customers away and build resentment?
Most users of truncated brainstem masses won't even notice, and THEY
decide what flies and what doesn't.
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 716 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 48:51:11 |
| Calls: | 12,114 |
| Calls today: | 5 |
| Files: | 15,010 |
| Messages: | 6,518,529 |