Apple iPhone owners who receive the string with Messages open won’t be able to go back to other conversations without crashing the app.
Apple: If you receive a lot of text messages from different people, the next few days could have you a little nervous. It has been discovered that a string of text characters that, when received on an iPhone in Messages, can lock people out of the app and — in some cases — crash the phone.
Apple iPhone owners who receive the string with Messages open won’t be able to go back to other conversations without crashing the app, while users who get the string on their lock screen won’t be able to open the Messages app entirely.
Reports say people have already started using this forbidden string for negative purposes, sending the code to others in a bid to block them from seeing Messages from any recipients.
The effect is undone if the sender follows up with another message, but according to a large group of Twitter users, some nefarious elements are refusing to send replies to unlock the apps.
Sources say the characters seem to have the same debilitating effect on the app whether they’re sent via native Apple Messages or SMS, meaning Android or Windows Phone users can restrict access to Apple’s Messages with a simple text.
Apple: A simple text that can disable messages on your iPhone surfaces
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