This internet prank is playing havoc with everyone’s iPhones (Video)

What's wrong with people?

Can't we just tweet and Snapchat in peace without everyone f**king with our phones? There's a really annoying new prank doing the rounds that is playing havoc with iPhones, iPads and even desktop computers. Basically people are sending round a link to a site called CrashSafari...which ridiculously enough does exactly what it says on the tin. Clicking on the link generates a burgeoning string of characters which Safari cannot process and it inevitably overwhelms the memory. Your iPhone will heat up trying to process it before it's forced to reboot. https://twitter.com/brokeboy206/status/691518807588798464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/mikko/status/691600741832720384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw You might think a website link called CrashSafari might be easy to spot, but the crafty b*stards are using shortened bit.ly and ow.ly links to hoodwink iPhone users. It's already done more than 100,000 people... https://twitter.com/FSLabs/status/691633446607851520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

It won't ruin your phone, but it just p*sses people off...

https://twitter.com/mccoy_kaden/status/691493151391887361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/5ean5ullivan/status/691641529262305284 https://twitter.com/bdsams/status/691612569858150400 https://twitter.com/Genetticz/status/691479531794862081

Some helpful guys were even posting the offending link...

https://twitter.com/dbuckward/status/691697537800093697

We preferred simpler times when where a good old-fashioned #RickRolling was king...

https://twitter.com/gabardine/status/691657333231910912