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Some random website knows which school i go to, this is the second time i have received this message

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[–] [email protected] 163 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (22 children)

Sounds like a really spammy and annoying way to promote an app. I assume someone else who has your phone number signed up on their app and gave access to all their contacts. Then the app sends out spam texts to get you to sign up.

Depending on where you are located, you might be able to report it. Otherwise just drop them a bad review, or name and shame them here

edit, I assume it's this: https://slickapp.co/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Their website is slickapp.co (without the m at the end), but their Android package name is com.slickapp.

Isn't that a bit of an issue?
For example, when handling URLs?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Don't most Android packages begin with com. ?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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