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@patrickcmiller I disagree, this is a denial of service security issue.

Here’s how the attack works:

1) Tell a security nerd that typing “”:: in certain search dialogs on #Apple iOS causes a crash in Springboard.

2) That nerd will be then be unable to perform any function other than crashing their own iPhone’s Springboard for at least the next 20-30 seconds, regardless of what they were doing before.

3) In some cases, that nerd will also tell other nerds about it, spreading the DOS effect through their personal social network.