PJ Vogt

Presumably, Apple built these security systems to prevent events like this one. But Alex thought that here, perhaps one of those security systems, built for a very important reason, was behaving in an overzealous way. The rogue ampersand. The fact that it just confused the iPhone for a moment. Maybe the system saw that as a vulnerability and stopped the message from transmitting at all.

That's the theory anyway. I have one more question. If I were like a different kind of person ethically, like, is there a path by which, you know, this listener is like, hey, I saw a Facebook post, this funny thing happens on an iPhone, check it out. They send it to me and I'm like, send a message to someone in China or Israel or Russia.

That's the theory anyway. I have one more question. If I were like a different kind of person ethically, like, is there a path by which, you know, this listener is like, hey, I saw a Facebook post, this funny thing happens on an iPhone, check it out. They send it to me and I'm like, send a message to someone in China or Israel or Russia.

That's the theory anyway. I have one more question. If I were like a different kind of person ethically, like, is there a path by which, you know, this listener is like, hey, I saw a Facebook post, this funny thing happens on an iPhone, check it out. They send it to me and I'm like, send a message to someone in China or Israel or Russia.

And I'm like, hey, there's this little part of the security wall that looks a little funny, like, you can use this and like they do a little bit more work. And then the next thing you know, someone is calling a journalist and saying like Dave and Buster's, Dave and Buster's, Dave and Buster's and getting into their email.

And I'm like, hey, there's this little part of the security wall that looks a little funny, like, you can use this and like they do a little bit more work. And then the next thing you know, someone is calling a journalist and saying like Dave and Buster's, Dave and Buster's, Dave and Buster's and getting into their email.

And I'm like, hey, there's this little part of the security wall that looks a little funny, like, you can use this and like they do a little bit more work. And then the next thing you know, someone is calling a journalist and saying like Dave and Buster's, Dave and Buster's, Dave and Buster's and getting into their email.

Alex recommended that we email Apple with the details of the anomaly, which we did. Apple looked into it and actually got back to us. They told us what we'd found is a rare bug. I mean, we knew that. And said it poses no security risk to its users. They said a fix will be available and a software update soon. So the days of the anomaly we have cherished so much, they're numbered.

Alex recommended that we email Apple with the details of the anomaly, which we did. Apple looked into it and actually got back to us. They told us what we'd found is a rare bug. I mean, we knew that. And said it poses no security risk to its users. They said a fix will be available and a software update soon. So the days of the anomaly we have cherished so much, they're numbered.

Alex recommended that we email Apple with the details of the anomaly, which we did. Apple looked into it and actually got back to us. They told us what we'd found is a rare bug. I mean, we knew that. And said it poses no security risk to its users. They said a fix will be available and a software update soon. So the days of the anomaly we have cherished so much, they're numbered.

He wasn't able to definitively find the exact process that the unescaped ampersand was breaking.

He wasn't able to definitively find the exact process that the unescaped ampersand was breaking.

He wasn't able to definitively find the exact process that the unescaped ampersand was breaking.

But he saw enough to feel good about his theory. And he was able to connect us with some iOS experts, people more fluent in iPhone, who were able to confirm that the ampersand was causing the issue here on the sender's side. The anomaly was essentially explained. I asked Alex Stamos what, in the end, he made of all this. When you learn about a glitch like this, what's the feeling it gives you?

But he saw enough to feel good about his theory. And he was able to connect us with some iOS experts, people more fluent in iPhone, who were able to confirm that the ampersand was causing the issue here on the sender's side. The anomaly was essentially explained. I asked Alex Stamos what, in the end, he made of all this. When you learn about a glitch like this, what's the feeling it gives you?

But he saw enough to feel good about his theory. And he was able to connect us with some iOS experts, people more fluent in iPhone, who were able to confirm that the ampersand was causing the issue here on the sender's side. The anomaly was essentially explained. I asked Alex Stamos what, in the end, he made of all this. When you learn about a glitch like this, what's the feeling it gives you?

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