warning!!!!- bug crashes iphone and OSXs when reading plain arabic text
Are reporting that plain text can crash any iProduct and Mac not running iOS7 or Mavericks.
It's gonna be a choppy out there for the next couple of days.
PS there is a link to the text - just don't try to view it on any older OSes
http://doesmyphonecrash.tumblr.com/
It looks like even changing a ssid to the text will crash devices that see the wireless network
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according to https://twitter.com/nickdepetrillo it is Unicode not Arabic.
I have unhyperlinked the above link. Don't go there if using a vulnerable device
Not noticing it happen on my old OS', and it doesn't happen on Mavericks, either.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Not noticing it happen on my old OS', and it doesn't happen on Mavericks, either.
Mavericks is reported as being OK
Did you go to this site
http://doesmyphonecrash.tumblr.com/
more here
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/08/rendering-bug-crashes-os-x-and-ios-apps-with-string-of-arabic-characters/
and here
http://************/2013/08/29/text-based-bug-that-crashes-apps-in-os-x-10-8-ios-6-discovered-fixed-in-os-x-10-9-and-ios-7/
Hmnnn... seems I cant post a link to another well known apple forum
firefox doesn't crash though
The apple forum is now down. No idea if this is due to people posting the code or not.
There is a picture say "we'll be back soon- we are busy updating apple support communities for you and will be back shortly".
Do they take the whole forum down vey often?
(But still a bug.)
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Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot
Kinda misleading.... It doesn't crash the OS, just the app you're using at the time... A big difference.
(But still a bug.)
Yep, correct. I should have stressed that the apps/programs crash and not the OS.
I only know a few people that have received these messages as SMS from "friends".
The early advice was to ask the sender to flood you with clean texts whereas an easier option is to open the address book and send a really long message to the sender (I guess you need to ask him not to send it again though).
new shorter codes are being discovered
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/08/30/apple-apps-turned-upside-down-writing-right-to-left-youre-only-6-characters-from-a-crash/