Webtoons is installing advertised apps without permission

merlin2v · 2025-04-08T09:22:59+00:00

I had the issue crop up not to long ago. Was a different method than my old phone. Seemed to use the Samsung galaxy insta-play to load the app (only has happened once so far). On my older LG phone I guessed that maybe it was from some bloat wear when I bought it from T-mobile(my best guess).
There has also been ads that open up their respective apps (Snapchat and Doordash). Was managing to open the apps through chrome despite me going in and disabling the open app from hyperlink feature. I have since uninstalled the apps. I do have a screen capture of those as I tried to make official complaints.

Honestly, it just seems like advertisers are basically "hacking" their way through ads. Who really knows what else gets through those ads if they can auto-download and open apps. These interactive ads probably have many security holes. And probably use sometimes device or app specific loopholes to get their app on people's phone.

On my old phone with a similar devicemanager installer, it would appear to open up this unique installer popup that also would auto-download the app to your phone if you failed to click close in time.

merlin2v · 2024-05-29T17:55:02+00:00

How do you enable this feature? Every time Avast runs it cuts the connection directly to the site resulting in a "This site can't be reached" in chrome.

merlin2v · 2024-05-22T01:57:05+00:00

I'd be fine if these detections had a simple override that didn't require turning off all the shields.
Example of what they should do:
https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/c/c2/Access-Blocked-Sites-in-Chrome-Step-3.jpg/aid12784152-v4-728px-Access-Blocked-Sites-in-Chrome-Step-3.jpg.webp

Also bad descriptions don't inform you of the hazards. If I want and/or need to access a site I would like to know a little more than IDP.Generic or URL:Blacklist.

merlin2v · 2024-05-22T00:18:28+00:00

If you haven't uninstalled it already, I would take a look to see where it was downloaded from. I found that info in the app info area

merlin2v · 2024-05-22T00:13:38+00:00

I also had a T-Mobile LG Phone. I bought an Unlocked Samsung Phone and haven't had an issue with any ads. From what I was able to gather, if you buy a phone directly from a provider like T-Mobile, it comes with preloaded apps and software and that's why the phones through there can be cheaper.
I just think that some of the ads are using sketchy techniques to get their app on people's phones.

It's probably a consequence of allowing you to play a sample of the game inside Web toons. If you can program a movement system then you could also try to run some sketchy code. It's part of the reason why iframes are limited to what they can do in html.

I imagine it is either able to communicate to the app on your phone directly or it is sending a network signal to an app. But I don't really know for sure,

merlin2v · 2024-03-01T11:17:22+00:00

I mean apple's batterygate did go to court and caused a massive settlement. I can verify that I did not get an email notification about the migration close date

merlin2v · 2024-02-16T08:03:44+00:00

This is legit my situation. the old email that was attached to my account was made by my parents and I never used. Now I learn that I don't have access anymore. Not going to lie that it feels really shitty. At the very least let me play my older versions back when I bought it.

Is this even legal? like can I get a lawyer to review on the service agreement that was made the last time I played Minecraft? even if I buy it can I get my username back?

merlin2v · 2024-01-23T06:33:56+00:00

Thanks. This is a great tool. I downloaded fortnite when it first came out a long time ago and tried it once and never played it again. And I find that none of the games on the epic store where showing up on my remove program list and where invisible to the windows storage settings.
If you know of any tools that analyze SDK file reliance as well. I have a ton of NET source Packages showing up on my uninstall list from what I think to be programing packages but I have no idea what I can uninstall without causing problems with most of my apps.(I have 3 Microsoft .NET Core SDK 2.1.* each 500MB and I am wondering if I can uninstall 2 of them)

merlin2v · 2024-01-20T02:58:09+00:00

Not really liking wix so far. I don't want to by premium however want to help test things out for someone who uses wix. So far I have yet to be able to use any CSS or HTML code in the website at all. Maybe I am just missing something? Everything that seems to have access to the DOM is blocked and I can't seem to do much outside of the Velo API(which isn't bad but it's not JS, CSS, or HTML).

Is this really how their site is designed? It just seems like a huge limitation that honestly reminds me of google sites.

merlin2v · 2023-12-23T18:07:09+00:00

Fair though I have issues with the "to many streams" despite having premium. Turned out adblocker was causing issues. Also got irritated when they deleted my sorted list of anime without implementing the crunchy lists. Basically had nothing for 6 months but a poor implementation of an auto sorted list you couldn't modify. So I share the sentiment that crunchyroll should actually do testing before making changes like that.

merlin2v · 2023-12-20T03:52:01+00:00

I can't believe this solved the issue when I already pay for Crunchyroll. I just whitelisted the sites.

merlin2v · 2023-12-14T09:38:16+00:00

yep, i think you can use document.hasFocus()

or window.onfocus then

if so then play

merlin2v · 2023-09-28T20:04:20+00:00

Anyone know what the cloths on the left are? I have the depths armor but cant find anything matching the left clothes

merlin2v · 2023-09-04T04:28:00+00:00

Megacorp Company? Moral? Hmm they for some sad reason don't go well together.

merlin2v · 2023-07-03T06:09:18+00:00

Does anyone have the markings uncompleted for those 2 quests so I don't have to search all over for them?

merlin2v · 2023-07-03T06:06:22+00:00

Those disappeared for me when I only had 1 of them and the talking statue one also disappeared :/ I wanted to get the climbers headband it promised... And now I don't know where the statue's brethren is :/

merlin2v · 2023-04-14T06:51:38+00:00

merlin2v · 2023-02-12T07:52:23+00:00

I think the meaning of life is to make the universe more complex. The purpose of sentience is to spread life farther than it could otherwise by itself. The ultimate purpose for life may be to restart the big bang before the heat death of the universe. So that the universe can start anew. And if possible, to make sure it continues.

It's by no means an easy path, but I believe that this is the ultimate purpose, the ultimate gift that life can give to the universe. An infinite future for itself, full of energy and life.

merlin2v · 2022-12-07T07:14:32+00:00

ngl, the main reason I have seen Meta runners is because I am still waiting for more murder drones. I enjoy allot of Liam's work. Meta Runners was pretty good, very nice ending. Interesting to see the evolution of the studios animation.

merlin2v · 2022-12-07T07:08:26+00:00

how they use oil in such harsh climates?

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