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A Twitter API issue is allowing people to (once again) bootloop iPhones and iPads with the text parser. This was just submitted to Twitter's staff, I don't see anyone talking about it yet. Disable notifications or uninstall and use the mobile site.

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  • 5
    6y
    Return faulty device to the store
  • 4
    6y
    Doesn't sound like Twitter's fault to me.
  • 1
    6y
    @electrineer @Shiggy Twitter allows \0 through their API, which triggers ít.
  • 5
    6y
    @Parzi than it definitely is not twitter's fault
  • 1
    6y
    Has anyone reproduced, got a proof-of-concept for literally any other mobile devices (read those who run non-Apple OSs)?
    Seems like an Apple issue to me.
  • 1
    6y
    @Berkmann18 as far as I know it's iOS-only.
  • 2
    6y
    iOS has a vulnerability that allows apps to bootloop the device. I fail to see how this is Twitter's fault.
  • 1
    6y
    @Lor-inc This reminds me of the SMS-lead forced reboot thing that discovered not too long ago on iOS (which I guess is the exact same issue here).
  • 1
    6y
    @Berkmann18 the SMS one was due to the fact that Arabic text, when characters are removed, can get *longer*. This is due to a 00h byte in the middle of the text, and I don't yet know what that does to Apple devices.
  • 1
    6y
    Marvelous.

    Isn't iOS supposed to be sandboxed?
  • 1
    6y
    @Parzi So a related problem (re. \0 causing iOS to go mad).
  • 1
    6y
    @Berkmann18 basically.
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