Can I put my iPhone in stealth mode?
Stealth mode is a security option in the Macs. It says: Don't respond to or acknowledge attempts so access this computer from the network by test applications using ICMP, such as Ping. Maybe this doesn't mean anything in iPhones or iPads. I suppose the Privacy settings can help to secure my iPhone as much as I want them to.
Doing what?
Here's what I wrote to Rysz: Stealth mode is a security option in the Macs. It says: Don't respond to or acknowledge attempts so access this computer from the network by test applications using ICMP, such as Ping. Maybe this doesn't mean anything in iPhones or iPads. I suppose the Privacy settings can help to secure my iPhone as much as I want them to.
I have been pretty comfortable with the way I secure my Mac but I'm not sure I understand whether my iPhone and iPad are secure when access outside networks.
No is the answer to this.
You don't have full control of the iPhone firewall. The only way to do it is via methods that Apple doesn't like discussed here.
I'm unsure why you think this is a benefit. A device will need an IP address to do any networking, that can make it 'visible' to others on that same network. All of your wifi traffic may be visible depending on how the wifi network is configured - it makes it pointless to ignore pings when a device is broadcasting data over the air for all to see. Ideally an app or service you use is running 'https' so the data is unreadable on between you & the service.
Airplane mode is the best way to stop undesired traffic from or to your device.
You would get better protection on public wifi networks if you used a VPN so that the traffic is unreadable on a local network (it wraps the traffic in encryption like https), but it also adds a little speed decrease.
Have no idea what you mean by "stealth mode," but if you mean temporarily disconecting from all network activity, it's called Airplane Mode. You can activate from Settings or Control Center.
Can I put my iPhone in stealth mode?
