WiFi in iOS 11 keeps turning on

Also, my experience tells me the red licorice is more of a security risk. It's more attention-grabbing and who knows...Is it cherry or strawberry? =P

I'll go ahead and read the rest of the thread, I only hit the first few and last few pages before posting.

Just seems turning a feature I turned off or visa versa isn't a great idea from a security standpoint. At least wouldn't it make sense to have a settings point where you can choose which function the menu button has?

It's strawberry, everyone knows that! :-)

You really need to give the security threat thing a rest. It's clear you don't have a clue how Apple manages security via Wifi on iPhone.

There is now a clear separation of function in Control Center and Settings. It couldn't be more clear or in reality simple to use. Don't be the old dog who can't learn new tricks.

I don't know what security you are involved with but, in my previous employ, cell phones were forbidden - PERIOD. If a worker did not want to leave it in the car (for any of several personal reasons), He/she had to turn it in at the entry gate where it would be placed in a locker.

Wow that's harsh. I don't think being annoyed at a change and worried about security implications is being an old dog, especially when Im asking and trying to figure out if I'm missing something. I'd like to be wrong, then it's just a feature to get used to.

...And it's not "how apple manages security", it's in what way can your data be exploited from the wifi connection when you don't know you're connected. When it's public wifi traffic, it's exploitable. My "security issue" is the user being unaware their data transfer switching to wifi or wifi/cell blend.

I'm not saying I'm an expert or know better than xyz. I'm concerned about what I see and wanted to know why it changed. =)

Again, you're wrong. Apple does manage Wifi security by encryption. Your data can not be breached via Wifi. Read this thread all the way through. You'll learn a few things.

Ps: You can certainly be annoyed by change. But change is inevitable or we'd all still be walking around with transistor radios and going to sock hops, then coming home to our 17 inch black and white RCA tv's in big wooden boxes.

The friend who I am having coffee with tomorrow morning claims their is only ONE item that is licorice, black licorice, preferably Australian. I prefer strawberry Twizzlers myself. Movie staple: medium diet Coke and pack of Twizzers.

Please point to the threads or articles about iPhones being hacked via Wifi? If you want to lay awake at night worrying about a perceived, but not real threat, that's your choice. Maybe you should turn your fears to a real threat, which is the cellular radio in your phone.

Connections shouldn't be started without user input, that was my point, that's all. User data can be compromised via cellular and wifi, as long as you're connected. One doesn't need to hack an iPhone to collect wifi data. They just need to be on the network.

I didn't get answers but I know what I'm having for desert tonight lol.

You do know even without the VPN it is still encrypted but you can use a VPN on the iPhone. But again if you don't trust that public WiFi you can disconnect from it. Just use Control Center to do so. Your common knowledge is not so common, if you can afford the tools cellular is very easy to intercept.

I never said I use public networks. I have a cable company who provides secure Wifi hotspots all over my town. Even through them, I don't go into my banking app or anything that could be compromised. I don't know what kind of engineering degree you received, but there are many here would argue with your assertion cellular is more secure. It is emphatically, not more secure.

My last bit...A degree doesn't mean one knows anything, I've met a few PhDs that fit the bill on knowing a lot about very little, and some with no degree but much experience and broad understanding.

Unless I am ill-informed, right neither route is 100% secure, but unless you have a man in the middle or you are a foreign govt, 4G is hard to compromise, but wifi is not. Caveat being if you are on a private network, like at home, and have set up your connection right, then at least it's encrypted that way so there's a deterrent. But data is not encrypted by Apple when leaving the phone, that is between the apps and the network layer to do. If it is a public wifi, it is easy to packet-sniff if you are not VPN. And VPN is not always set up right either. What does an iphone use for encryption? WPA2? Not seeing anything stronger. This is why private companies insist employees use vpn for company server connection. There's nothing wrong with apple here...it just is what it is.

Ok I'm done. It's been fun. Thanks for the distraction over dinner with the in-laws =)

Lawrence Finch wrote:

reepete wrote:

Not happy with this at all. Very annoying.

it must be incredibly annoying to go to Settings/WiFi to turn it off. Or to say "Hey Siri, turn off Wi-Fi."

This whole thing is very annoying to me. I go to Settings/WiFi to turn off WiFi and I fully expect that it will turn back on but it doesn't. Apple has got to do something about this!

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

What makes you think that inconvenient facts have any role to play in this melodrama?

I am apparently displaying lots of agressivity today.

I was going to speak to you about that. 🙂

You should have been me the other day. I wrote the exact following to a person who was really wrong. "Clearly you don't have a clue about what you're speaking of." That got me one of the we deleted your post and you're in danger of being banned emails, but we thank you so much for your other valuable contributions.

rbrylawski wrote:

You should have been me the other day. I wrote the exact following to a person who was really wrong. "Clearly you don't have a clue about what you're speaking of." That got me one of the we deleted your post and you're in danger of being banned emails, but we thank you so much for your other valuable contributions.

Naughty boy!