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URL detection flaw causes OS X apps to crash

#1 Macworld

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:18 AM

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#2 kirkmc

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:34 AM

If I disable those two options, I still get crashes. However, when I type the secret text into Safari's Address Bar, I don't get crashes; I get a Finder window opening at /.

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#3 SockRolid

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 10:23 AM

The bad news: Data Detector code is pervasive.
The good news: Should be an easy fix. Should be easy to test the fix.
The great news: Very obscure. Few users ever type File://<anything>.
The best news: Trivial workaround: lower-case leading "f".

#4 stana2z

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 11:31 AM

Lion and iOS 5.1.1 seem to just log the anomaly and move on. Another Mountain Lion and iOS 6.X feature?

#5 RobbyC

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 04:45 PM

From Safari's Reader in 10.8.2, TextEdit crashes every time I try to copy this article into it, as plain or rich text, regardless of Language & Text settings.