The issue about malformed messages bricking iPhones reminds me of the debates about whether Rust should support catching panics. This is why you need to be able to catch panics. :)
The problem is that what it crashes is SpringBoard. i.e. the home screen. This bricks the phone.
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Then this is a good argument for not processing messages received from remote sources in a system critical process :)
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I mean…what else are you going to do? Users want to read SMS on the home screen.
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