Poor old apple, looks like their reality distortion field is about to take a mega knock.
a few Arabic characters will crash your iWhatever or Mac.
Apple have been aware of the issue for 6 months. They have fixed it in the forthcoming iOS7 and Mavericks but have done zilch for current customers. Actually that isn't fair- they did take down their support forum on Friday so that they could delete posts containing the string.
The advice from apple, there aint any...
Here is a sample of the code. DO NOT follow the link if you are using an Apple product. It has no effect on other products.
http://doesmyphonecrash.tumblr.com/
You can copy and paste the "Unicode of Death" text if you want to use it for "educational purposes".
Sophos have since discovered new and shorter codes...
a few Arabic characters will crash your iWhatever or Mac.
Apple have been aware of the issue for 6 months. They have fixed it in the forthcoming iOS7 and Mavericks but have done zilch for current customers. Actually that isn't fair- they did take down their support forum on Friday so that they could delete posts containing the string.
The advice from apple, there aint any...
Here is a sample of the code. DO NOT follow the link if you are using an Apple product. It has no effect on other products.
http://doesmyphonecrash.tumblr.com/
You can copy and paste the "Unicode of Death" text if you want to use it for "educational purposes".
Sophos have since discovered new and shorter codes...
