Is there a WPS button on an iPhone

They still offer other older forms of security that nobody uses anymore. Cheaper to leave them there instead of removing them. Doesn't mean you should set up your new router and then pick the weakest form of security. If you DO want to use this "easier" less secure form of security you have to do a search and find a device that supports the WPS on your router. Apple won't be one of them. Problem solved.

A lot of device manufacturers don't care about security really. They simply offer what people say they want, even when it is not a good thing to use. Whatever sells more units goes into the device. They place the emphasis on simplicity and convenience, when those very things are almost always completely at odds with true security.

Just because a consumer product can do something doesn't mean you should use it that way, not when far better alternatives are also built into the device but are just not as simple to setup and use. Consumer products are heavily influenced by sales and consumer demand. The old phrase "give the people what they want". But often what people want is not what is best for them, or is only what they want because they're unaware and uninformed of the technology they are using.

Michael Black wrote:

The old phrase "give the people what they want". But often what people want is not what is best for them, or is only what they want because they're unaware and uninformed of the technology they are using.

Which, of course, brings to mind the quote (allegedly) by Henry Ford, "If I had asked the people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.". Apple tends to give people what it thinks they should have. 😉

I completely understand where you're coming from, you remind me of good scientologists

Most major manufacturers of routers released routers with firmware that has known security flaws.

They don't offer any updates to the firmware. The firmware has been exploited. They still offer no patch.

Wps is the same thing.

They rely on the publics naivete and ignorance.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/netgear-router-vulnerability,news-21699.html

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/90s-style-security-flaw-puts-millions-of -routers-at-risk/

http://www.cnet.com/news/top-wi-fi-routers-easy-to-hack-says-study/

Well, it is not a feature that Apple uses in any of its iPhone designs as they see it as inherently insecure.

Cheers,

GB

No and I cant connect my printer because of this.