The high purchase price does not protect against this: Certain messages from WhatsApp and Co. cause Apple end devices to crash. The victims' smartphones and iPads are to blame.
- Messages via messenger services can do considerable damage.
- A recent bug spreads horror among Apple disciples .
- The " text bomb " causes a prompt system crash - and serious consequences?
A large number of text messages are currently being sent on digital communication platforms, such as messenger services , which cause the recipient to be worried: these " text bombs " disguised as electronic mail are used on WhatsApp and Co. - and ensure that who opens it, the system crashes.
WhatsApp and Co: "Text bombs" paralyze Apple devices: Special language, special emojis
In the current case, it is only Apple users who are affected by the phenomenon - however, people with Android devices are spared. And this is also the cause of the current problem, because it is allegedly a faulty programming on the part of the manufacturer:
As reported by chip.de , the text bombs - which often come from friends or acquaintances - contain harmful characters that the Apple operating system cannot cope with due to a bug. Sindhi characters should trigger the system crash if certain country flags are included.
At first the phenomenon became known with that of Italy, now there are cases with other country flags. This affects not only messenger services such as WhatsApp and Co., but also social media platforms. Here is an example, which shows how a Twitter user “crashes” his followers by posting cell phones:
The craziest iOS crash text bug pic.twitter.com/29LJPb67WP
- EverythingApplePro (@EveryApplePro) April 23, 2020Apple software error: Devices freeze - only a restart helps
The (non-existent) reaction of the end device is not only known to Apple users: reports say that the smartphone (or tablet, MacBooks and the Apple Watch are also affected) is not simply going out, rather it no longer reacts to touch. Then users have no other option but to force a restart .
For those who fear that their Apple sanctuary will suffer long-term consequences from “freezing”, there is reassuring news: apart from the system shutdown , there is supposedly no serious damage that would burden the technological product.
This is not the first time that Apple computers have been paralyzed by so-called text bombs, in recent years there have been repeated messages with other destructive content . As in the previous cases, a security patch should also ensure healing this time . A corresponding solution is already being planned by the US tech giant, as Chip.de explains.
Meanwhile, Google Messenger is breaking the billions of downloads and making legs for other providers like WhatsApp:
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