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Unicrash

2015-05-27 20:25:29.432142+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Unicode: The gift that keeps on giving! iOS bug lets anyone crash your iPhone with a text message:

When the text message is displayed by a banner alert or notification on the lockscreen, the system attempts to abbreviate the text with an ellipsis. If the ellipsis is placed in the middle of a set of non-Latin script characters, including Arabic, Marathi and Chinese, it causes the system to crash and the phone to reboot.

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