A bug in iOS is being exploited in a prank aimed at crashing iPhones and iPads using the power of simple text, flag and rainbow emojis. The bug was originally reported by YouTuber EverythingApplePro, which has a history of reporting on iPhone crash pranks. Facebook Twitter Pinterest EverythingApplePro demonstrating the emoji crash bug. “The text you’re copying is actually a waving white flag, VS16, zero, rainbow emoji. Users will need to delete their iMessage conversation with whichever prankster sent them the booby-trapped emoji to avoid repeated crashes on opening the messages.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2017 13:09 UTC