Idiots are tweeting the Telugu character to crash iphone Twitter apps

[AtomicFrance]

https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/19/teluga-bug-twitter/

 

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It was last week discovered that receiving a single Telugu (Indian language) character would cause iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch apps to crash – and it of course wasn’t long before idiots started doing it deliberately …

 

iOS does not prompt you to install the update automatically (yet), so there’s a good chance this still affects millions of people’s devices at the moment. 

 

I found out out about the bug from this video, then promptly texted my wife and all my iPhone using friends because I’m exactly that kind of idiot.

 

Go to Settings and install the update. Or spam your friends with the character for funzies.

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

Seeing as its fixed I don't see a problem with that 

[RadiatingLight]

nah these people are geniuses.

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, cpenchoen said:

https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/19/teluga-bug-twitter/

But that's a good thing?

[Energycore]

Hey there!

 

Please edit your post to meet the Guidelines.

 

Once you have, mention me @Energycore and I'll move it back to the news section.

[Canada EH]

7 minutes ago, cpenchoen said:

https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/19/teluga-bug-twitter/

I dont trust that link

[TheSLSAMG]

8 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

Seeing as its fixed I don't see a problem with that 

For people who want to keep older versions of iOS 11 for the eventual release of Electra with Cydia Substitute (like myself), it's still a problem. And yes, I understand that there are security issues.

2 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

I dont trust that link

It is a website that caters to Apple users, what would make you think they would post the character when a large chunk of their audience is viewing their articles on an iPhone?

[Canada EH]

5 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

It is a website that caters to Apple users, what would make you think they would post the character when a large chunk of their audience is viewing their articles on an iPhone?

I would argue that anyone who tweets is an idiot!

I really have no clue what the title is nor what you are saying nor anything related to this, so I will leave you to chat it all up amongst yourselves.

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Now I see you edited your post to fall inline with the guidelines.

15 minutes ago, cpenchoen said:

iOS does not prompt you to install the update automatically (yet), so there’s a good chance this still affects millions of people’s devices at the moment. 

Yes I want auto updates for sure!

 

 

 

[DrMacintosh]

Its been patched, so any issues are the fault of everyone who hasn't updated yet. 

[AtomicFrance]

8 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Hey there!

 

Please edit your post to meet the Guidelines.

 

Once you have, mention me @Energycore and I'll move it back to the news section.

@Energycore sorry about that, there you go

[Energycore]

Just now, cpenchoen said:

@Energycore sorry about that, there you go

Remember to include a quote from the source

[AtomicFrance]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Remember to include a quote from the source

There ya go sir.

[Jurrunio]

10 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

For people who want to keep older versions of iOS 11 for the eventual release of Electra with Cydia Substitute (like myself), it's still a problem. And yes, I understand that there are security issues.

You can probably find fixes for JB phones specifically from Cydia, just like the last time iOS ****ed up.

[ARikozuM]

13 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Remember to include a quote from the source

Would have been more helpful if you directly stated what was needed rather than just linking to the pinned thread.

 

On topic: This sounds diabolical... 

Spoiler

Time to revive the Twitter! 

 

[AtomicFrance]

16 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Would have been more helpful if you directly stated what was needed rather than just linking to the pinned thread.

 

On topic: This sounds diabolical... 

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Time to revive the Twitter! 

 

 

It really is. I'm crying from laughing so hard. I've killed all my friends' iMessage and WhatsApp.

[Guest]

37 minutes ago, TheSLSAMG said:

For people who want to keep older versions of iOS 11 for the eventual release of Electra with Cydia Substitute (like myself), it's still a problem. And yes, I understand that there are security issues.

Its your own fault, like Dr. Macintosh said then if you come across the character. If you make your own problems then thats what you get. Most jailbreaking now is just cosmetic. 

[Tech_Dreamer]

lol, that's some news.

[captain_to_fire]

iOS 11.2.6 fixed that

[paddy-stone]

Yeah, this knob in Discord posted one also. Some people are just morons.

[Zodiark1593]

2 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Yeah, this knob in Discord posted one also. Some people are just morons.

A shame we couldn't charge those idiots with some sort of crime due to their evident maliciousness.

[AtomicFrance]

1 minute ago, Zodiark1593 said:

A shame we couldn't charge those idiots with some sort of crime due to their evident maliciousness.

STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM

[paddy-stone]

1 minute ago, Zodiark1593 said:

A shame we couldn't charge those idiots with some sort of crime due to their evident maliciousness.

Yeah, It doesn't affect me as I don't like/own apple products, last one I owned was a first gen appleTV box which I jailbroke IIRC. But I have family and friends that this might affect, but I almost always remind them to update when they come out. It's sad really, pranks used to consist of hitting people in the forehead or something, now it's killing their devices and potentially costing them a lot of time, or money... I don't know how true it is, but I heard that apple owners are even less likely to have backups than android users, even though it's pretty much built in function, so potentially people could lose photos and other precious things. A guy on Discord claims that a guy had this done to him by a "friend" and he lost a LOT of Litecoin as he didn't have a wallet backup

 

[Zodiark1593]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

Yeah, It doesn't affect me as I don't like/own apple products, last one I owned was a first gen appleTV box which I jailbroke IIRC. But I have family and friends that this might affect, but I almost always remind them to update when they come out. It's sad really, pranks used to consist of hitting people in the forehead or something, now it's killing their devices and potentially costing them a lot of time, or money... I don't know how true it is, but I heard that apple owners are even less likely to have backups than android users, even though it's pretty much built in function, so potentially people could lose photos and other precious things. A guy on Discord claims that a guy had this done to him by a "friend" and he lost a LOT of Litecoin as he didn't have a wallet backup

 

I recently copied over a Friend's phone of her pictures from a trip to Mexico to prevent such calamities from destroying them. I didn't get to the later concert videos however, so hopefully the thing is updated.

[Notional]

Not idiots, more like trolls. I mean, the real idiots here are apple to make such an insane error.

[Ryujin2003]

10 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Yeah, this knob in Discord posted one also. Some people are just morons.

That's great. I didn't think about that. I assaulted all of my Slack friends.

 

Edit: I would change the term Idiots to Trolls. Because that's what it is.