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Fun iOS Safari Bug Lets You Trick Your Friends With Fake Website Headlines
You may or may not know this, but there's a feature in Safari that's designed to let you select a portion of text and send it to a friend over Messages using the Share feature in Safari.
When researching one of our tips videos, we came across this handy trick, but soon discovered that there's another aspect to it -- one that you can use to create fake website headlines that can be sent to your friends and family.
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As it turns out, there's a bug in the select text and share feature, and it involves the search function on websites. If you type text into the search bar on a website, highlight it, and then share it with the Safari Share Sheet, it will send your written text along with a website link that looks rather official. See the screenshot below:
Here are the specific steps to follow to create a fake website title:
1. Go to a website with a search function, such as MacRumors.com.
2. Make sure your iPhone is in landscape mode.
3. Tap on the search bar.
4. Enter your text and then select it.
5. Tap on the Share icon next to the address bar.
6. Select Messages and then type in the name of the person who you want to prank.
From there, the person will see the fake website header that you created, but it will look like text from the website itself because the text isn't sent separately due to the rich text feature in Messages.
This pretty much only works iPhone to iPhone and won't work if you're sending messages to your friends on Android devices. You can use this trick on the iPad too, but it doesn't work on the Mac.
If you want to use the feature as Apple intended you to do, you can select a bit of text on a website and then send it to a friend to highlight something specific that's worth pointing out. Like in our AirPods roundup, if you wanted to highlight the bit about a new color, you could select it and share the page with this text visible in the link.
It's actually a useful feature that's great for pointing out specific passages in blogs, news articles, and more.
We're pretty sure selecting search text through this feature and sending it over Messages is a bug that Apple will fix at some point, but in the meantime you can have a bit of fun with it and send unique website headlines to friends and family.
When researching one of our tips videos, we came across this handy trick, but soon discovered that there's another aspect to it -- one that you can use to create fake website headlines that can be sent to your friends and family.
Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.
As it turns out, there's a bug in the select text and share feature, and it involves the search function on websites. If you type text into the search bar on a website, highlight it, and then share it with the Safari Share Sheet, it will send your written text along with a website link that looks rather official. See the screenshot below:
Here are the specific steps to follow to create a fake website title:
1. Go to a website with a search function, such as MacRumors.com.
2. Make sure your iPhone is in landscape mode.
3. Tap on the search bar.
4. Enter your text and then select it.
5. Tap on the Share icon next to the address bar.
6. Select Messages and then type in the name of the person who you want to prank.
From there, the person will see the fake website header that you created, but it will look like text from the website itself because the text isn't sent separately due to the rich text feature in Messages.
This pretty much only works iPhone to iPhone and won't work if you're sending messages to your friends on Android devices. You can use this trick on the iPad too, but it doesn't work on the Mac.
If you want to use the feature as Apple intended you to do, you can select a bit of text on a website and then send it to a friend to highlight something specific that's worth pointing out. Like in our AirPods roundup, if you wanted to highlight the bit about a new color, you could select it and share the page with this text visible in the link.
It's actually a useful feature that's great for pointing out specific passages in blogs, news articles, and more.
We're pretty sure selecting search text through this feature and sending it over Messages is a bug that Apple will fix at some point, but in the meantime you can have a bit of fun with it and send unique website headlines to friends and family.
Tag: Safari
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17 weeks ago
Really, MacRumors?!? Since when is propagating fake headlines "fun" or positive in any way...this story is ridiculous and is a disservice to anyone who actually values the truth.
It’s a foolproof plan! Unless the user does something stupid, like, say, follow the link and realise it’s a joke.
But if people who “value the truth” take a clickbait headline at face value without investigating further, I think that reflects worse on their values than it does an innocent prank.
17 weeks ago
Oh my god, you actually took my advice* with the bug exploit video thumbnail! That's awesome! :D It's got a red arrow, emoji, and it's perfect!
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Always great to see that FaceTime bug demo video again! However, I'm not sure if it's optimally attention-grabbing. Sure the all-caps "MAJOR" is a nice start, but it could still use more work. Maybe something like…
17 weeks ago
Woah, it really works!
Update: he later edited the post to add a GIF he spent an hour working on after originally posting to save his spot early in the thread.
17 weeks ago
Really, MacRumors?!? Since when is propagating fake headlines "fun" or positive in any way...this story is ridiculous and is a disservice to anyone who actually values the truth.
17 weeks ago
Hilarious … I can see all the crazy fake headlines now "Missiles inbound for Hawaii, Take Shelter, Not a Drill" … oh wait, our government's early warning system already does that ...
17 weeks ago
NEWS FLASH STRAIGHT FROM APPLE"S NEWSROOM!!!!
Apple hired new R&D testers. The new group of tester seem to actually exercise outdoors. New batch of tester ran several miles outdoors testing the newest version of Airpods, slated to be released sometime this quarter, and decided to scrape the current design model for an in-ear design. Airpods will be delayed another year.
"While exercising on a windy day the Airpods have to be cranked up to maximum to counter the wind noise while jogging" -Unnamed R&D tester
Yeah, I wouldn’t open with that one. Maybe stick to the quips about airline food to ease the crowd in.
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