From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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?

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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:17:23 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :

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."

Hi Andy, (this will be a newer, nicer version of me, but the same me!)

I'm glad you looked at Sliide's horrific advertising to the carriers!
<https://sliide.com/carriers>
<https://sliide.com/>
<https://sliide.com/press>
etc.

I had never heard of "Sliide" before (I had thought it was a typo).
But they're not only advertising to carriers, but also to developers:
"App Developers get new ways to earn! Sliide lets App Developers
occupy new real estate on the phone to gain additional,
incremental revenue in places you didn't have access to before."

Yikes!

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?

Based on subsequent searches, I found Sliide does operate globally.

Their "About Us" page mentions being based in London.
But they also have offices in New York.

A press release about their partnership with Taboola states their offerings
are embedded in "tens of millions of mobile devices in 187 countries."

Yikes!

Their privacy policy also mentions adherence to GDPR, indicating operations
in the EU. So they are active in the UK and EU, and globally.

What irks me most is I had long ago deleted all the T-Mobile bloatware:
C:\> adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 *tmobile*

My 2021 free Samsung Galaxy A32-5G received its final officially promised security update on June 4th, 2025 - which coincides with the Sliide date.

Sarcastically, I might note that they might have taken their final chance
at "updating" my phone to add their bloatware but a look in Muntashirakon
for "tmo" finds that they also installed these bloatware apps recently:
Device Manager <com.tmobile.pr.adapt>
Installed June 15, 2025, 3 trackers, bloatware flagged
Tracker: com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementReceiver
Tracker: com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementService
Tracker: com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementJobService
T-Mobile Diagnostics <com.tmobile.echolocate>
Installed December 31, 2008, 3 trackers, bloatware flagged
Tracker: com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementReceiver
Tracker: com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementService
Tracker: com.google.android.gms.measurement.AppMeasurementJobService

As an aside, I am aware you use Muntashirakon, but I pity those people who
are defenseless against carrier-installed spam who don't know about it.

There are ways to look for Android activities with "sliide" in the name.
We could cover that separately if people are interesting in that approach.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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.

:-)
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 2025-06-18 10:57, Marion wrote:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:17:23 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :

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."

Hi Andy, (this will be a newer, nicer version of me, but the same me!)

Which will last for just as long as no one ever disagrees with you in
the slightest way!
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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
-a <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?

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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 2025-06-18 12:04, Woody wrote:

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
-a <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?

Why would you call "comp.mobile.android", "alt.cellular", and "misc.phone.mobile.iphone", "possibly US"?
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:04:01 +0100, Woody wrote :

Digging about, I soon found the offensive full-page video activity was
a <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?
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Jun 19, 2025 at 10:22:49rC>AM EDT, "Marion" <marion@facts.com> wrote:

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?
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Jun 18, 2025 at 1:59:37rC>PM EDT, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> 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.

:-)

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!
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:36:48 +0000, Tyrone wrote:

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?

You don't see ads in apple news (often aside journalistic content)? https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-advertising/

You never get prominently displayed ads for apps in the ios app store?
PROMOTE YOUR APP WITH NEW APPLE SEARCH ADS PLACEMENT https://www.apptweak.com/en/aso-blog/apple-search-ads-placements

You never saw the ads integrated into the stocks apps news feed?
APPLE ADVERTISING & PRIVACY https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-advertising/

You don't see apple tv ads delivered by apple's advertising platform?

Apple uses its own advertising platform to deliver these ads.
And they're personalized to you based on your clicks.
Apple says they use your search history to provide those ads to you.
Apple says they use your download history to provide those ads to you.
Apple says they watch your reading habits in news and stocks for that.

You can view the ad targeting information apple uses and turn off
"personalized ads." However, turning off personalized ads does not reduce
the number of ads you see, only their relevance.

CONTROL HOW APPLE DELIVERS ADVERTISING TO YOU ON IPHONE https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/control-how-apple-delivers-advertising-to-you-iphf60a6a256/ios

At least with android you can turn all the ads off.
You can't turn ads off with ios because the ads come from apple.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 2025-06-19, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Jun 18, 2025 at 1:59:37rC>PM EDT, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> 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.

:-)

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...
--
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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>

What kind of strange misfit flatly denies what even Apple doesn't deny?
Apple serves them ads all the time on iOS.
<https://ads.apple.com/app-store/help/ad-placements/0081-ad-placement-options>

Apple's own public documents (which the Apple trolls never read) clearly
say that Apple uses information from your activity within their own apps
(like App Store searches, downloaded apps, and the types of stories you
read in Apple News) to create "segments" & to deliver relevant ads.
<https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-advertising/>

Apple even has an advertisement server engine built into the iOS device for God's sake. It is called "Apple Ads" (formerly called "Apple Search Ads").

Yet the Apple trolls are so *desperate* to claim some kind of "magical" superiority over Android that they brazenly lie to claim Apple lied.

Who does that?
What kind of religious-zealot misfit does what these Apple trolls do?

There's even an SKAdNetwork (StoreKit Ad Network) built into iOS for
Heaven's Sake! SKAdNetwork provides postbacks (data reports) to ad networks
and advertisers based on the clicks iOS users do within infected apps.

Anyway, I didn't bring in the Apple kooks on this thread; they brought themselves in but what is important for normal intelligent people is....

Apple religious zealots have always (for decades!) been this strange way.

The instant an Apple Usenet newsgroup is involved, the discussion for
decades has *always* instantly devolved to their religious zealotry.

And yet, they have no idea Apple put an ad engine on their iPhones.
<https://www.adjust.com/glossary/skadnetwork-skan/>
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:21:11 +0100, W. Green wrote :

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 u6.5m in its most recent accounts, an increase on the
u2.6m 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.

While it's clear Sliide is based out of London and that they have job ads
for people based in London, what's not clear yet is if the carriers in the
UK are implementing the Sliide activities that the USA carriers are adding.
<com.sliide.content.MainActivity>

Given Sliide has signed up with at least four different carriers,
it behooves Android owners to check for the known Sliide activities.

This is perhaps the best single command to use to find that "activity".
$ adb shell dumpsys package | grep -B 2 -A 5 "com.sliide.content.MainActivity"

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

Just in case the activity has a different name, we can shorten that to:
$ adb shell dumpsys package | grep -B 2 -A 5 "sliide"

adb shell dumpsys package | findstr /B /C:"sliide" /S

.\adb shell dumpsys package | Select-String -Pattern "sliide" -Context 2,5

To test the commands above...

Just in case you do not have this Android activity, this command below
will find launcher activities on almost every Android device out there.
$ adb shell dumpsys package | grep -B 2 -A 5 "com.android.launcher3.Launcher"

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

When you run the command above, let the rest of the team know if you found Sliide activities. After I deleted the offending package, no more came up.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

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, I just now wrote a simple but detailed tutorial so any Android user with a PC can identify and kill any rogue popup on Android, which is how I found & killed this one.

*Tutorial: How to use a PC to find (& kill!) a rogue Android activity & its offending package*
<https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=59610&group=comp.mobile.android#59610>

I wrote it for Linux, Windows command line & Windows powershell.
If you're on Linux, it would be great for you to test the commands.

As always, we work for the good of everyone on both sides of the Pond.
--
This one tutorial contains more value than some people have posted in their entire lives.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 2025-06-19 15:39, Marion wrote:

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,

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Anyone here agree with that?

Thought not.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

Alan wrote:

Marion wrote:

Since I'm always kind hearted and purposefully helpful,

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Anyone here agree with that?

Thought not.

Yes I do. According to my understanding, he is unlucky not to have grown up
in an environment where he was able to develop his social skills.
The poor guy can't help it, and I can see him struggling with it.
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From Newsgroup: uk.telecom.mobile

On 2025-06-19, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

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.

He's gone and shoved another stick up his own butt. Supposedly, this
makes the rest of us "religious zealots" and "trolls". Efye
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On 6/18/25 1:17 PM, Andy Burns wrote:

Marion wrote:

Digging about, I soon found the offensive full-page video activity was
-a <com.sliide.content.MainActivity>
Apparently "Sliide" is a company that advertises directly to phones.

What kind of drugs do those people take?

-a-a-a-a"For Carriers & OEMs : Owning the device experience lets you
-a-a-a-a present content that drives engagement, builds retention and
-a-a-a-a boosts profits long after the phone is sold. Every tap, swipe
-a-a-a-a 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?-a 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.


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On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 10:32:13 -0400, bad sector wrote :

Does T-Mobile's standard T&C say that they are able to include little
gifts like this with firmware upgrades?a 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.

Well, a while has passed since the London-based Sliide was removed from my phone, and in the interim, Apple inserted similar ads on the iPhone/iPads.
<https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=21664&group=misc.phone.mobile.iphone#21664>

The difference between Apple & the carrier inserting unwanted ads on your device is that you kill carrier ads but not the OEM's intrusive ads.

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