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So apparently a string of 13 unique Assyrian characters (picture below) can crash your chrome browser if displayed on a webpage and viewed using Mac OS X.

So I don't understand why this happens (and apparently at the moment nobody does), but when viewed it crashes the tab you are currently using.

The text apparently has no affect when viewed in chrome on other operating systems (Android, Windows etc), so the trolling could be unreal. Quote from 'The Hacker News':

 

The issue appears to be small but is really serious, as it is possible for anyone to tweet out the text in question, and crash all Chrome for Mac users whose Twitter timeline will load those characters.


The developer who discovered this bug gives two different scenarios in which this bug could be abused. "This is pretty serious. You could imagine someone spamming this message in Hangouts/Gmail and just straight-up force crashing all Mac Chrome browsers," the developer said.
 
Furthermore, someone could post this 13-characters string on Facebook walls or timelines, and force-crash all Mac Chrome browsers that will saw the characters in question.


The 13 Assyrian Characters:
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Source: http://thehackernews.com/2015/03/chrome-crash-vulnerability.html

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Let's try it! brb

 

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Neat!

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its displayed squares on my macbook running chrome

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Does it have to be actual text or is that image enough?

it has to be actual text

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Isn't this like, really old news?

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it has to be actual text

 

do you think it would trigger the crash if I put it in a spoiler?

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do you think it would trigger the crash if I put it in a spoiler?

not sure, already put my macbook away, so i cant test it

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This was the same with WhatsApp a year or so ago, remeber sending those letters to my contacts

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Isn't this like, really old news?

 

 

This was the same with WhatsApp a year or so ago, remeber sending those letters to my contacts


Not sure, it may be old news, but I only just came across it as the daily hacker news only just posted the article (subbed to them on FB). 

but if it IS old news then surely this raises the question; why in the hell havent Google fixed it yet? haha

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Didn't this happen before. I am pretty sure it did and with the same language.

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Good thing I don't use Chrome.

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Does it have to be actual text or is that image enough?

 

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It would be hilarious to just put it in my signature > :)

If you're going to do that, make the text white so the majority of themes won't see it, but it'll still cause trouble

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It's a safety feature so terrorists can't use it :P

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My location is suddenly feeling a bit... buggy :D

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lulz

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What does the text actually say when converted to English?

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It says Chrome sucks and is only beaten in suckiness by Mac OS X.

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There was a thing similar to this that worked only on iphones, you could text it to people too lolo

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so this text?

 

 ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܝܬ ܐܦܪܝܡ 

 

 

My location is suddenly feeling a bit... buggy :D

There's always someone.... haha

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I tried it, and it crashed! On both the link and this page.

 

Edit: the first page, not this page. Didn't respond fast enough.

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Why am I so very tempted to put that text in my signature? And I mean the actual text.

 

I'd never have to argue with apple fanboys again....

 

although I'm sure I'd get banned or at least ordered to remove it lol

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Why am I so very tempted to put that text in my signature? And I mean the actual text.

 

I'd never have to argue with apple fanboys again....

 

although I'm sure I'd get banned or at least ordered to remove it lol

If many people are suffering from this issue, it 'll give Apple/Google an incentive to fix it. So putting

 ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܝܬ ܐܦܪܝܡ

in your signature is actually a good thing for Mac users :D

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Besides Windows, and Android can also add ChromeOS on the list that it doesn't cause a crash on. So uniquely a Mac + Chrome problem. (on a Chromebook now).

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so this text?

 

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