There's a connection doing the rounds via web-based networking media today that can crash any cell phone, just by opening it in your program.
The suitably named crashsafari.com [this will crash your program — even Chrome] does what it says on the case — it crashes the program by composing a huge number of characters in the address bar each second, debilitating memory.
The assault is only four lines of code, and can cause an iPhone or Android telephone to crash both Safari or Chrome, or reboot the whole telephone itself. It even conflicts with some desktop programs, contingent upon the amount RAM and CPU the machine has accessible.
It use HTML5's history.pushState, a JavaScript work utilized by many single page applications to refresh the address bar, despite the fact that the hidden page being seen doesn't change.
Individuals are sending the connection around via web-based networking media camouflaged by a short URL, to trap others into opening it and make them be not able open their programs until a reboot is finished.
The bug isn't precisely pernicious — it doesn't break anything and can be effectively redressed, yet it is irritating. It's in an indistinguishable vein from the 'compelling force' iPhone bug that enabled clients to make an impression on companions that would keep the Messages application from propelling.
