'Black Dot' Unicode bug can crash Messages—here's how to fix it

Macworld
May 9, 2018, 1:26 pm465 pts
Uh oh! Another Unicode attack is messing up a popular messaging platform. This time it’s Apple’s own Messages app being hit by what has come to be called the “Black Dot” bug. We know iPhones and iPads running iOS 11.3 and 11.4 beta are affected, and it’s highly likely that Apple Watch and Apple TV are as well.…

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