If ever there was a moral tale about taking things you hear on the Internet with a pinch of salt, then this may be it.
We spend plenty of time trying to educate readers that just because you see something on the Internet, it does not mean it is true.
Prize giveaways, emails asking for your bank details, social media messages requesting login details or videos asking for plugins. The list is endless. There is plenty of stuff on the World Wide Web that is just asking for trouble.
And whilst the above examples represent popular, malicious scams that can fool thousands, the latest Internet ruse to sucker in at least a few people will have most of you simply lost for words.
A spoof ad, circulated mainly through Twitter, made the rather audacious claim that the recent and controversial iPhone software update, to iOS 7, actually made the phone waterproof.
The ad claimed that …
“In an emergency, a smart-switch will shut off the phone’s power supply and corresponding components to prevent any damage to your iPhone’s delicate circuitry.”
So, in essence, the ad claimed the sensors on the iPhone were able to detect being submerged in water, and could, in effect, somehow prevent water damage to the phones circuitry by switching off the phones power supply.
And of course the aim of the spoof ad was to lure naïve iPhone users into, yup… you guessed it, dropping their beloved Apple products into water.
And judging by various Twitter responses, it worked. One user tweeted –
message edited for good taste.
No, a software update cannot make a hardware device waterproof. Keep you iPhones on dry land. And always remember, not everything you see on the Internet is true. Especially if it implores you to submerge expensive electronics in liquid.
For some more giggles, read our post on the our top ten April Fools jokes online.
