Fake News: This Emoji String Won't Bring Down Your iPhone

[henrytcasey]

There's a story going around about how two emoji and a zero can crash an iPhone. Here's why you shouldn't worry about it.

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[DWass_]

I think you are absolutely right - just texting some emojis could not do what the video claims. But if you follow the instructions given on the Youtube video (which I haven't, because I'm not a d-bag), they instruct you to visit a web page and click a link. Could it be that somewhere along the way of those convoluted instructions, you are being tricked into downloading something else that can crash the phone? Or is it your belief that the video is a fraud and the whole thing is a lie?