Want to crash your iPhone at the press of a button? Here’s how

Ever since Krug placed a whoopee cushion (made from the inflated bladder of a sabre-toothed cat) beneath Krog’s sitting rock, human beings have played pranks on each other.

The latest tech-related one comes courtesy of crashsafari.co, which we won’t be hyperlinking to for hopefully obvious reasons.

Opening up the site on an iPhone or iPad will cause it to crash the browser before rebooting the device, and it’ll also cause your Mac to slow down until you close down Safari.

Chrome isn’t safe either, and we can attest to the fact that your CPU will be sweating until you kill the offending tab.

The shenanigans are all thanks to the creation of an endless string of characters which throw a spanner in the back end, so to speak, and while it seems relatively harmless, we wouldn’t advocate trying it yourself. But you’re going to anyway, aren’t you? 

[via Tech Radar] 

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Esat has been a gadget fan ever since his tiny four-year-old brain was captivated by a sound-activated dancing sunflower. From there it was a natural progression to a Sega Mega Drive, a brief obsession with hedgehogs, and a love for all things tech. After 7 years as a writer and deputy editor for Stuff, Esat ventured out into the corporate world, spending three years as Editor of Microsoft's European News Centre. Now a freelance writer, his appetite for shiny gadgets has no bounds. Oh, and like all good human beings, he's very fond of cats.