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too many charactersA WEBSITE THAT will cause a user’s iPhone or Mac to crash once clicked is doing the rounds, sometimes being shared as a shortened URL.
Visiting the site, called Crash Safari, on Safari on an iPhone or Mac will cause it to crash. If you type it into Chrome on Android, or PC/Mac, it will become bogged down and run slowly. In some cases, it can cause a device to overheat as it tries to load the page.
The issue is the code. The site contains a self-generating text command that the browser tries to process. As the number of characters increase, the browser finds it harder to load the page.
Doing this causes devices to slow down and use up more memory and in the case of an iPhone, iPad or Mac, it will reboot entirely.
Some people are sending the link around, but disguised as a shortened URL. In which case, it’s better to check it with a tool like Long URL before you click on it.
If you’re on a smartphone, holding down on the link will allow you to copy it first so you can check it later.
A similar bug appeared last year with the ‘effective power’ bug which allowed users to crash other iPhones with a single text message. While the Crash Safari bug only causes iPhones to reboot, the effective power bug caused messages to crash repeatedly when opened.
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These type of stories only create hysteria. People need to camel down…..
Ahh that’s why they have the hump then.
O man, that’s terrible news.
You get worse from camel toe.
A camel beside me on the bus this morning sneezed,should I see a doctor?
So what’s the message here? Do I need to avoid camels? I’m down to 20 a day
Probably more of a hunch than fact.
Need a cup of tea after that.. One lump or two ?
So now we’re going to have to listen to ‘camel flu’ for next few months.
Better than the terrible puns and jokes, except mine which is hilarious.
Apparently it can be spread by politicians as well . Strange that !
There is more to humpty dumpty than was realised
From ” bars” to humans..
everyone should cull all the camels in their area immediately
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