Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Don’t Tap That Link! This Website Will Crash Your Phone

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There’s a new prank floating around the Internet and there’s no word as to when — or if — it will be fixed. For those who aren’t aware, the prank involves tricking people into visiting the crashsafari.com website. Don’t do it, but if you do, make sure you visit using a computer. In short, the website employs a bit of JavaScript code to recall the HTML5 history in an infinite loop, which eventually causes the browser to run out of memory. What happens next depends on your device. On iPhones and iPads, visiting the site forces your phone to reboot...

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