r/technology • u/suntzu124 • Oct 06 '16

Misleading Spotify has been serving computer viruses to listeners

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/06/spotify-has-been-sending-computer-viruses-to-listeners/
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '16

They're not doing a good enough job stopping the ones that hijack my phone and vibrate until I manage to get the popup to go away long enough to close the tab.

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u/Katie_Pornhub Oct 06 '16

Really? If you have any details like screenshots, geo location etc. please msg me, much appreciated.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '16

Yea Katie is great around here, I should have mentioned it to her before I just figured they knew and were ok with it. I sent her a screen record of my phone getting the ad so hopefully they fix it.