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THIS WARNING CAME FROM THE HERALD SUN DIGITAL NEWSPAPER I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A IDEA TO SHARE THIS. I AM SUSCRIBED TO TEN DIFFERENT DIGITAL NEWSPAPERS CURRENTLY , THIS COMES FROM THE HERALD SUN IN AUSTRALIA.
APPLE device users are being warned about a new “black dot of death” bug that could completely crash your iMessages.
Opening the virus — said to be more harmful than the WhatsApp text bomb — on an iPhone or iPad will wipe out your iOS messaging app, reports The Sun.
It works in a similar way to the WhatsApp bug and overloads the phone with thousands of pieces of unicode text.
What makes it worse, however, is that there doesn’t appear to be an easy way of deleting the message once you’ve received it.
If the message is opened, the screen of the device will go blank — and will remain that way until Apple solves the issue.
And don’t even think about restarting your phone as that will only reload the text and crash the device.
Graham Cluley
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Text bombs and “Black Dots of Death” plague WhatsApp and iMessage users https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/text-bombs-and-black-dots-of-death-plague-whatsapp-and-imessage-users-19891.html …
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The best thing to do is to force-close the Messages application.
One way to do this is to use 3D Touch to press and hold the Messages icon and then tap “New Message” to regain access.
You can then cancel the new message, which will take you back to your list of iMessage conversations.
Finally, press the Edit button and delete the infected message.
But if you’re using an older iPhone model then this might not be available to you.
Another way of avoiding it is to ask Siri to start a new conversation and this will also give you back access to your messages.
The bug has earned its name because all that’s visible in the message is a black dot emoji, which is surrounded by thousands and thousands of invisible characters that overload the CPU and crash the phone.
The text bomb reads ‘this is very interesting’ and includes an emoji. Picture: Toberkel YouTube
Last week, a new malicious WhatsApp “text bomb” that can block off access to your apps and crash your entire smartphone was also discovered.
The bug affects both iPhones and Android phones and occurs when a specific message is sent to handsets.
And it’s even more dangerous than the infamous smartphone-crashing Telugu alphabet text from February, because this new SMS doesn’t even need to be opened.
Just receiving it can trigger your handset to switch off.
Revealed on Reddit, the message reads “This is very interesting!” and signs off with the popular “face with tears of joy” emoji.
Lurking within this seemingly innocent text are tens of thousands of invisible “left-to-right” and “right-to-left” control characters that can derail your device, according to Neowin.
Tricksters wishing to circulate the text bomb are advised to copy it from the Pastebin website and share it via the WhatsApp web app for desktop.
How About a Slightly Smart Phone?
If you’re on the receiving end of the new text bomb, you may find that your iPhone or Android phone becomes unresponsive.
You won’t be able to open WhatsApp and other messaging apps may be inaccessible too.
To make matters worse, your phone could crash, forcing you to restart it.
But fortunately, it doesn’t seem as though the WhatsApp bug will wipe your handset or require you to completely reboot the device.
The previous text bomb was caused by a symbol from the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in India.
It disabled access to iMessage, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Outlook and Gmail and if received sent the device into a frenzy by causing the iOS Springboard — which manages the iPhone’s home screen — to crash.
Apple rushed out a fix for the bug in February, in the form of an iOS software update, shortly after it was discovered.
You can bet that WhatsApp will be scrambling to do the same.
This story first appeared on The Sun and is reproduced with permission.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WASTE COMPASSION FOR THE HOMELESS AND OTHRES LESS FORTUNATE THEN OURSELVES
08:23 May 14 2018 Times Read: 1,924
THIS REALLY TOUCHED ME. IF ONLY WE COULD ALL FIND WAYS TO BE COMPASSIONATE TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. EVEN ONE KIND ACTION OR A KIND WORD CAN MAKE SUCH A POSTIVE DIFFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING A HARD TIME. MOST OF US ARE ONLY 1 PAY CHECK AWAY FROM BEING HOMELESS GIVEN THAT EXPENSES LIKE BILLS FOOD ETC ARE RISING BUT WAGES AER STILL THE SAME. IT TAKES SO LITTLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO A PERSON, YOU DONT HAVE TO GIVE MONEY,. SIMPLY OFFER A SMILE OR A KIND OWRD, OR BUY A POOR PERSON A MEAL OR IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, PAY SOME PERSON'S GROCERIES , JUST TO MAKE THEM SMILE. THE WORLD IS SADLY SO FOCUSED ON AS LONG AS I AM OK,THEN THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. MY MOM BEFORE SHE DIED MADE ME MAKE HER A PROMISE, SHE SAID DO ONE KIND THING, EVERYDAY JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN FOR SOME PERSON AND SEE HOW THAT KIND ACTION MAKES SUCH A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE. SHE HERSELF DID THIS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE WAS DYING OF LIVER CANCER, SHE TAUGHT ME BY EXAMPLE ,. I REMEMBER HER KINDNESS TO ME AND TO OTHERS THE MOST, AND I MISS HER MORE THEN WORDS CAN SAY, SHE DIED WHEN I WAS ONLY 13. SO CHERISH THOSE YOU LOVE BE THEY A PERSON OR A PET, AS WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME, WE SEE OR SPEAK TO THOSE WE LOVE. LIFE IS FAR TOO SHORT TO WASTE.
I am logging off before you make me cry again. Loves you and good night :)
A DOGS BEDTIME PRAYER AUTHOR UNKNOWN
07:33 May 14 2018 Times Read: 1,936
THIS ERMONDS ME OF MY PRECIOUS HAMBONES, SHE WAS AN AWESOME DOG I WAS GIVEN HER AS A PUPPY BY MY HORSE MASTER GEORGE WHO TAUGHT ME HORSE RIDING. SHE RULED ME WITH A LOVIGN PAW AND SLEPT IN MY BED EVERYNGHT AND WAS FEIRCELY PROTECTIVE OF ME TO THE POINT SHE LOST HER LIFE SAVIGN MINE. MY BIO FATHER WHEN SHE GROWLED AND CHASED HIM AWAY FROM ME AS HE WAS TRING TO ABUSE ME AGAIN HE KILLED HER AND SHE SUFFERED A TERRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH. BEST DOG IN THE WORLD WAS MY HAMBONES.ITS INTERESTING HOW I HATE MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER MORE FOR HIM KILLING HAMBONES THEN FOR THE CRUEL ABUSE HE INFLICTED ON ME.
Reminds me of my ex-step-mother. I wish she would die but she keeps outliving my biological parents. If my Mom goes before she does, I will know that there is no gawd.
RAINBOW BRIDGE AUTHOUR UNKONWN
07:31 May 14 2018 Times Read: 1,938
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A PERSON UNKNOWN TALKING RE HEAVEN/SPIRIT WORLD FOR ANIMALS INCLUDING OUR MUCH LOVED PETS. THIS REALLY COMFORTED ME WHEN MY FURCAT BABIES PASSED HOME TO SPIRIT DUE TO ACUTE SUDDEN ILLNESSES.
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown
DEDICATED TO THE SACRED MEMORIES OF
TUPPYKINS BORN APRIL 17 2004 SOARED HOME TO SPIRIT AND EARNED HIS ANGEL WINGS ON APRIL 11 2017
RAVEN MIAOWS CAME IN TO MY LIFE ON THANKSGIVING EVE 2002 SOARED HOME TO SPIRIT AND EARNED HIS HIS ANGEL WINGS ON AUGUST 3RD 2016
HAMBONES MY PRECIOUS DOG CAME INTO MY LIFE ON JUNE 1977 KILLED BY MY HORRID BIO FATHER IN SEPTEMBER 1984. REST IN PEACE MY PRECIOUS DOG. SHE WAS NAMED HAMBONES DUER TO THE FACT ON CHRISTMAS SHE WAS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD AND SHE DRAGGED A HUGE COOKED HAM OFF GRANDFATHERS CHRISTMAS EVE TABLE SCATTERING PLATES OTHER FOOD CUPS PLATTERS ON TO THE GROUND.
MY DEAREST BELOVED TUPPYKINS RAVEN MIAOWS AND HAMBONES, ETERNALLY YOU ARE LOVED CHERISHED AND REMEMBERED. I WILL NEVER SAY GOODBYE ONLY GOODNIGHT AND SEE YOU ONE FINE MORNING AT RAINBOW BRIDGE WHEN MY TIME COMES TO RETURN TO SPIRIT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LIFE A LOT HAPPIER AND FOR SHARING PART OF MY LIFE'S JOURNEY WITH ME.YOUR ETERNAL LOVING CAT MAMA.
I love you and I made it all day without crying but girl. You made the waterworks open. Romero 2011-2017 and died in me and my husbands arms. I miss my fur baby everyday. I love you but you suck :P
COME CLOSE YOUR EYES
AND LETS HEAR THE DISTANT SOUND
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
LIKE A SYMPHONY SO NATURALLY
LOOK TO THE SKY
BEYOND THE HORIZAN
THERES A PLACE FOR YOU AND ME.
A KALADASCOPE OF PEACE AND LOVE,
YAA YEE
WER'E MADE OF COLOURS MADE OF STARS
YAA YEE
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
YAA YEE
WE'RE MADE OF COLOURS MADE OF STARS
YAA YEE
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER.
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
YOU MIRROR THE SUN
LIKE A WAVE ACROSS THE SEA
AND YA'LL BECOME ONE
WITH THE TIDES OF LIFE SO EASILY.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
AND THE POWER OF EXTREMES.
YOU CARRY THE LIGHT
TO ERASE THE SHADOWS OF YOUR DREAMS.
YAA YEE
WER'E MADE OF COLOURS MADE OF STARS
YAA YEE
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
YAA YEE
WE'RE MADE OF COLOURS MADE OF STARS
YAA YEE
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER.
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
WERE MADE OF COLOURS MADE OF STARS
TAKING THE STEPS TOGETHER
LIKE A KALIDASCOPE OF LIFE
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
AND WE WILL LIVE FOREVER
TAKEN FROM HERALD SUN TODAY ER THE ARTICEL I SHARED ER THE BEATING ADN BULLYING OF THE 14 YR OLD AUTISTIC BOY I SHARED ABOUT. HERE IS PART PAONE AND PART TWO.
PART ONE
TRUE CRIME SCENE
CRIME STOPPERS
Police have arrested a boy over an alleged attack outside a Melbourne school where an autistic boy beaten with a spanner, punched and kicked in a vicious gang attack.
Police have arrested a boy over an alleged attack outside a Melbourne school where an autistic boy beaten with a spanner, punched and kicked in a vicious gang attack.
LAW & ORDER
Autistic boy beaten with spanner, kicked in gang attack outside a Melbourne school
Richard Pearce, Aneeka Simonis, Ash Argoon, Northcote Leader
25 minutes ago
Subscriber only
POLICE have arrested a boy over an alleged assault outside a Melbourne school where an autistic boy was beaten with a spanner, punched and kicked in a vicious gang attack.
Defenceless autistic boy Quinn Lahiff-Jenkins was allegedly set upon by five armed youths who pinned the 14-year-old to the ground and senselessly beat him in full view of passing motorists outside the school on Tuesday.
SCHOOL BULLIES COST MILLIONS PER YEAR
SCHOOLGIRL MOB TRAPS STUDENTS
Police today arrested a 15-year-old boy in relation to the alleged assault.
It’s understood no charges have yet been laid and the investigation is ongoing.
The principal of the school said some of the teens involved in the “awful attack” appeared to have been students of the school.
She said they were meeting with the families of those students today “to get to the bottom of what happened” with appropriate disciplinary actions to be taken by the end of the day.
“This behaviour is totally unacceptable and does not reflect the values of our school,” the principal said in the statement.
“Our thoughts are with the student who was attacked and his family.”
Disturbing footage obtained by the Herald Sun shows Quinn being yanked off his bike and pinned to the ground. A second boy in a grey top, Quinn’s friend, attempts to stop the attack on Quinn and is in turn set upon by a teen who strikes him with a spanner.
“You got a problem? You got a problem?” the spanner-wielding teen says to his victim.
The attacker lands multiple blows to Quinn’s head while another youth whacks his legs with a metal spanner. Once he regains his footing, a boy grabs him to the head and knees him in the head before taking him to the ground again.
The footage shows how Quinn is then cornered between two boys armed with spanners, who attack him from front and behind before chasing him toward traffic where he is held down and kicked to the head by three boys.
Quinn’s mother, Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins described the video as “pretty gruesome”.
She described how her “justice-driven” son had gone to the aid of a friend who was being bullied by contacting them on social media.
“He contacted these kids and told them they were being bad friends, because of his autism he’s not always able to recognise things,” Carmen told 3AW.
“The children rang him, and rang him, and said, ‘Meet us at the school, if you don’t come we’re going to come to your house and rape your mother’.”
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said she was disappointed no one — besides Quinn’s friend — stepped in.
“No adults stopped to help, no one beeped their horn or did anything, which another thing which is very distressing.
“It’s an incredible level of violence.
“It’s my husband and my worst nightmare, I know it's the worst nightmare of most parents who have an autistic child.”
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said her worst nightmare came to life when she received a phone call from her screaming and distressed son as he lay in the back of an ambulance on the way to hospital.
He is yet to leave his home and fears the terror which may await him outside.
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said the physical pain was obvious but it was the emotional and mental damage that would hurt her son the most.
“There are marks on his body but mental health is the biggest issue,” she said.
The horrific attack comes just a year after the boy entered the mainstream school system.
The traumatised teen has spent most of his life at special schools, and had recently began forming friendships at his new school, Fitzroy High.
The principal of the high school outside where the attack occurred said the incident had “upset me, and the school community”.
“I’ll be speaking to students about the incident today to make clear that this type of behaviour is unacceptable and to make sure anyone who is upset gets support,” she said.
“We’re in regular contact with Fitzroy High School and we’ll work with them to ensure the student and his family get the support they need.”
The school reported the incident to police, with the principal stating they would “continue to do whatever we can to help them with their investigation”.
The principal said that her “door is always open” to those who wished to raise concerns or questions over the incident.
Department of Education and Training spokesman Steve Tolley said the behaviour was “totally unacceptable”.
“Incidents of violence and aggressive behaviour remain relatively rare in Victoria’s more than 1,500 government schools,” he said.
In the lead up to the bashing, Quinn rode his bike to the school before 4pm on Tuesday to confront the bullies who he claimed had verbally harassed him and his friend.
The badly-beaten boy told his mother the group had been taunting him with homophobic slurs before threatening to “rape his mother”.
They told him to come to the school to fight “one versus one” and not to bring friends.
Quinn’s friend, who is also on the autism spectrum, had told Quinn he had been taking the long way to school to avoid the bullies.
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said her son was wanted to protect his friend.
She has been left stunned at the violence.
“It’s so hard to be a teenage boy, let alone grapple with the social weight of autism without being targeted by bullies,” she tweeted.
Victoria Police is investigating the assault.
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said she will pursue criminal charges against her son’s attackers.
“It’s an interesting and terrifying reflection of our macho culture,” Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said.
“I feel very sorry for the parents of these kids.”
PART TWO
Autistic boy beaten with spanner, kicked in gang attack outside a Melbourne school
Richard Pearce, Aneeka Simonis, Ash Argoon, Northcote Leader
8 minutes ago
Subscriber only
POLICE have arrested a boy over an alleged assault outside a Melbourne school where an autistic boy was beaten with a spanner, punched and kicked in a vicious gang attack.
Defenceless autistic boy Quinn Lahiff-Jenkins was allegedly set upon by five armed youths who pinned the 14-year-old to the ground and senselessly beat him in full view of passing motorists outside the school on Tuesday.
SCHOOL BULLIES COST MILLIONS PER YEAR
SCHOOLGIRL MOB TRAPS STUDENTS
Police today arrested a 15-year-old boy in relation to the alleged assault.
It’s understood no charges have yet been laid and the investigation is ongoing.
The principal of the school said some of the teens involved in the “awful attack” appeared to have been students of the school.
She said they were meeting with the families of those students today “to get to the bottom of what happened” with appropriate disciplinary actions to be taken by the end of the day.
“This behaviour is totally unacceptable and does not reflect the values of our school,” the principal said in the statement.
“Our thoughts are with the student who was attacked and his family.”
Disturbing footage obtained by the Herald Sun shows Quinn being yanked off his bike and pinned to the ground. A second boy in a grey top, Quinn’s friend, attempts to stop the attack on Quinn and is in turn set upon by a teen who strikes him with a spanner.
“You got a problem? You got a problem?” the spanner-wielding teen says to his victim.
The attacker lands multiple blows to Quinn’s head while another youth whacks his legs with a metal spanner. Once he regains his footing, a boy grabs him to the head and knees him in the head before taking him to the ground again.
The footage shows how Quinn is then cornered between two boys armed with spanners, who attack him from front and behind before chasing him toward traffic where he is held down and kicked to the head by three boys.
Quinn’s mother, Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins described the video as “pretty gruesome”.
She described how her “justice-driven” son had gone to the aid of a friend who was being bullied by contacting them on social media.
“He contacted these kids and told them they were being bad friends, because of his autism he’s not always able to recognise things,” Carmen told 3AW.
“The children rang him, and rang him, and said, ‘Meet us at the school, if you don’t come we’re going to come to your house and rape your mother’.”
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said she was disappointed no one — besides Quinn’s friend — stepped in.
“No adults stopped to help, no one beeped their horn or did anything, which another thing which is very distressing.
“It’s an incredible level of violence.
“It’s my husband and my worst nightmare, I know it's the worst nightmare of most parents who have an autistic child.”
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said her worst nightmare came to life when she received a phone call from her screaming and distressed son as he lay in the back of an ambulance on the way to hospital.
He is yet to leave his home and fears the terror which may await him outside.
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said the physical pain was obvious but it was the emotional and mental damage that would hurt her son the most.
“There are marks on his body but mental health is the biggest issue,” she said.
The horrific attack comes just a year after the boy entered the mainstream school system.
The traumatised teen has spent most of his life at special schools, and had recently began forming friendships at his new school, Fitzroy High.
The principal of the high school outside where the attack occurred said the incident had “upset me, and the school community”.
“I’ll be speaking to students about the incident today to make clear that this type of behaviour is unacceptable and to make sure anyone who is upset gets support,” she said.
“We’re in regular contact with Fitzroy High School and we’ll work with them to ensure the student and his family get the support they need.”
The school reported the incident to police, with the principal stating they would “continue to do whatever we can to help them with their investigation”.
The principal said that her “door is always open” to those who wished to raise concerns or questions over the incident.
Department of Education and Training spokesman Steve Tolley said the behaviour was “totally unacceptable”.
“Incidents of violence and aggressive behaviour remain relatively rare in Victoria’s more than 1,500 government schools,” he said.
In the lead up to the bashing, Quinn rode his bike to the school before 4pm on Tuesday to confront the bullies who he claimed had verbally harassed him and his friend.
The badly-beaten boy told his mother the group had been taunting him with homophobic slurs before threatening to “rape his mother”.
They told him to come to the school to fight “one versus one” and not to bring friends.
Quinn’s friend, who is also on the autism spectrum, had told Quinn he had been taking the long way to school to avoid the bullies.
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said her son was wanted to protect his friend.
She has been left stunned at the violence.
“It’s so hard to be a teenage boy, let alone grapple with the social weight of autism without being targeted by bullies,” she tweeted.
Victoria Police is investigating the assault.
Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said she will pursue criminal charges against her son’s attackers.
“It’s an interesting and terrifying reflection of our macho culture,” Ms Lahiff-Jenkins said.
“I feel very sorry for the parents of these kids.”
Really sick people. Those that hurt the austic boy is screwed up in the head. That's really evil. Parents are to blame for not correcting there kids in time.
Yes, the world is full of very sick people who don't give a fuck about others.. and its not just the parents faults, its also the teachers faults to for not maintain strict dissapline in the school grounds and its also upto the school to look agter children while in uniforms until they are picked up by parents..
READ THIS I AM FUCKING OUTRAGED. READ THIS BY RIGHT CLICKING AND THEN CLICKING THE TOP LINK. I AM SO SADDENED THAT PEOPLE CAN DO THIS. I AM SUBSCRIBED TO TEN DIGITAL PAPERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO HEARTBREAKING THAT PEOPLE CAN TREAT OTHERS SO. WHY WHY WHY?
IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART SOUL AND SPIRIT. THIS POOR KID COULD BE YOUR CHILD OR YOUR BROTHER PARTNER IF HE WAS AN ADULT. I AM SO ANGRY THAT PEOPLE WOULD AND COULD DO THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON. IF WE ALL DONT STAND UP AND PROTECT EACH OTHER AND TEACH OUR KIDS COMPASSION RESPECT AND KINDNESS THERE IS PRETTY MUCH NO HOPE, LEFT FOR THIS WORLD. I BET THE JUDGES WILL TELL THEM OFF AND LET THEM GO TO.
Parents are not teaching their children properly. Compassion morals are being replaced with greed. Instead of showing love to their children they place it with materalistiic things. So kids learn that people don't have feelings.
My nephew is autistic so this hits close to home for me. I have a lot of opinions on sh*t like this but I will keep my thoughts off of your journal. People suck.
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Mindie
12:06 May 31 2018
This is nice