How To Crash Someones Iphone +picture
A awful computer bug in Apple's iOS allows anyone who sends an iPhone a assertive argument bulletin to shut it down.
The affliction part? You don't alike charge to accessible the argument message. Your accessory aloof needs to accept it.
That agency anyone can cull off this antic -- and anyone whose adaptable cardinal is accepted by addition abroad is susceptible.
The cool bulletin includes two English words, a cord of Arabic characters that appears to accept no meaning, and a Japanese character.
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CNNMoney apart activated the bulletin and can verify it works. You accelerate the appropriate argument bulletin -- and the accepting iPhone anon crashes. It comes aback on by itself afterwards 15 seconds.
This isn't devastating, but it is annoying and Apple will accomplish a fix available. But some users accept already started accusatory that an another adaptation of the cipher assuredly disables iMessage -- until you annul the conversation.
(One tip to get about this benumb is to use the Photos app to accelerate a argument message, again already you're in iMessage, abolish the conversation.)
This drudge was aboriginal apparent by users of the appointment website Reddit, who anticipate they ample out what's wrong.
Their theory: an absurdity in the way iPhones affectation admission messages. Reddit users who experimented with this say the iPhone's notification pop-up has agitation announcement that accurate band of code. The accessory turns itself off so the apparatus won't absolutely crash.
But it's difficult to apperceive what's wrong. Apple (AAPL) has not yet explained what's blow but said in a statement: "We are acquainted of an iMessage affair acquired by a specific alternation of unicode characters, and we will accomplish a fix accessible in a software update."
It's cryptic if addition stumbled on this cipher by blow -- or was accurately attractive for means to wreak havoc.
CNNMoney (New York) Aboriginal appear May 27, 2015: 1:35 PM ET
