Prank crashes iPhones with rainbow emoji messages
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#29AM4)
Jokers are exploiting a bug in iOS and are sending messages stuffed with emojis which cause recipients' iPhones or iPads to freeze
A bug in iOS is being exploited in a prank aimed at crashing iPhones and iPads using the power of simple text, flag and rainbow emojis.
The bug has two variants. One text string includes a waving white flag emoji, a zero, a rainbow and a hidden character called a variation selector, which can be copied into an iMessage conversation and sent to anyone. The other is the same string of characters, but embedded within a contacts file, which can be shared via iCloud Drive to an iMessage contact.
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