# That strangely named Wi-Fi hotspot could brick your iPhone, temporarily

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**Created:** [June 21, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/that-strangely-named-wi-fi-hotspot-could-brick-your-iphone-temporarily/2010 "2021-06-21T23:22:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lael](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.oscium.com/lael/32/10_2.png) [@Lael](https://community.oscium.com/u/Lael)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.oscium.com/t/that-strangely-named-wi-fi-hotspot-could-brick-your-iphone-temporarily/2010/1 "2021-06-21T23:22:06Z")

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Sure, you can fix it by resetting some configurations, but that’s a hassle and might be panicky were an unwary user to connect to a network like this. It kind of feels like the 21st centry equivalent of TPing a house in your neighborhood 😏.

> **[That strangely named Wi-Fi hotspot could brick your iPhone, temporarily](https://www.techradar.com/news/that-strangely-named-wifi-hotspot-could-brick-your-iphone-temporarily)**
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> It’s never a good idea to connect to unknown Wi-Fi networks