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Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by ok_dad »

BudaDude wrote: post #76
ok_dad wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not for me, I actually turned that off just now, I didn't know it was "on". Maybe a hacker who resides on my iPhone fixed the bug for me? Also, I'm on the iPhone 11 or 12 I think? So maybe model has something to do with it?

> Maybe a hacker who resides on my iPhone fixed the bug for me Wholesome hacking

If you "hacked" a system, I would assume the first thing you'd do is patch any of your own known exploits, and others, so you don't lose ownership to some other hacker, right?

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by layman51 »

Veuxdo wrote: post #24
avanai wrote: post #15

“Best “ does it for me. 16.1.1 Turning off “Safari Suggestions” in settings fixes it.

Funny, with Google you typically want to add "-best" to your searches to cut down on SEO spam.

Interesting, I had never heard of this tip before. How do you do this though? Do you just add it at the end like a flag? (e.g. "sparking water -best" ?) In general, I thought these kinds of search engine commands were being phased out, but it looks to me like it would filter out those garbage articles that would bring up results like "top/best 15 brands of sparkling water" etc.

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by pasquinelli »

devonallie wrote: post #83
monkpit wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Continental US, I guess? Not sure why “continental” matters.

Excludes Hawaii, and Alaska (+ all other non state islands/territories)

i think they meant they're not sure why that would make a difference

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by can16358p »

TechBro8615 wrote: post #89

They really, really don't want you using old.reddit.com Doesn't reproduce for me btw. I also have the setting disabled that adds a period when typing a space twice, if that matters.

Yeah I was trying and all I was getting suggested is old.reddit.com

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by pas »

josefresco wrote: post #38

Imagine having a domain or business name starting with "old" - nightmare scenario! Old Spice, Old Navy...

how is it a "nightmare scenario"? it's not ideal, but it doesn't sound bad (there are other browsers, workarounds, etc. it's not like these sites are forever gone because of a ransomware or SSL key exploit, etc)

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by awinter-py »

numpad0 wrote: post #44

For those not reproducing: your device may have to reside CONUS for some of "tar"(-get), "bes"(-tbuy), "wal"(-mart), "wel"(-ls fargo), "old"(-navy?), "sta"(-rbucks), "pla"(-net fitness?) to work. Try local brands, e.g., "Harrods", "Tesco", "Picard", etc. For my country "Gusto", a casual dining franchise, reproduces the issue. List is from [1]. Edit: stopped reproducing here as of 19:11 UTC. Edit: some people digged i…

I like the many possibilities here of

1. apple shipped a feature for walmart causing their browser to crash

2. apple shipped walmart code in their browser which crashed

3. apple shipped walmart plugin in their browser and then apple made a breaking change which crashed

3rd one is my favorite because it's the most dysfunctional

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by pas »

SoftTalker wrote: post #88
jakedata wrote: post #50

"Turning off “Safari Suggestions” in settings fixes it." I should have turned that off before. It certainly stopped this one weird crash.

I turn off search suggestions, auto-complete, auto-correct, intellisense and its ilk, everywhere I can.

I like the autocomplete from my bookmarks and history. What's mind boggling is how slow it is (on Firefox on a beefy PC + SSD + Windows)

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by ironmagma »

tchalla wrote: post #80
bogwog wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> your device may have to reside CONUS for some of "tar"(-get), "bes"(-tbuy), I have no idea what this means

These initialisms, abbreviations and acronyms are getting out of hand.

These are the people who in real life say “Jan” instead of “January.”

Re: Typing “old” (space) into iOS Safari crashes the app

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Post by superjan »

acdha wrote: post #69
bombcar wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if "Safari Suggestions" is crossing a privacy line with its API it shouldn't and iOS nukes the app from orbit.

I doubt that since it’s their own code but I’d easily believe that it hits an API endpoint which just started malfunctioning. The description is vague but it appears to retrieve a bunch of different kinds of information from some Apple service. Clearly a massive test coverage miss if my speculation is right.

I think he is joking.
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