Your iPhone Can Crash Type Four Characters Hacked

Your iPhones and iPads may briefly crash due to a recently found strange character problem. Just four characters on your iOS device will cause this problem to occur. A security researcher discovered on Wednesday that the iPhone’s Springboard home screen interface can crash when inputting the letters “”:: in the App Library or Settings app.

TechCrunch noted that all it takes to activate the issue is to type “”: followed by any other character. It therefore has to do with the string’s initial three characters. This is not a security vulnerability, and “no evidence yet to suggest anyone other than ...