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Without being facetious, that strategy does work for this particular problem: turn off your wifi if you are walking around, traveling, or not in range of a netw
by ploxiln 9y ago
Without being facetious, that strategy does work for this particular problem: turn off your wifi if you are walking around, traveling, or not in range of a network you intend to connect to.
I also have Bluetooth and NFC off most of the time since I rarely use them. (But then there's the cellular connection of my phone ...)
- coin 9y agoI wish the mobile OS could do that automatically based on the location. Under iOS' settings it does hint at this as Wifi is one of the system services that uses locations services.
- mortehu 9y agoWiFi is used to speed up geolocation, sometimes a lot if you're in a dense city with poor satellite reception. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system
- AlphaWeaver 9y agoWith apps like Tasker on Android, you can do this sort of stuff if you're up for a little drag and drop programming...
- cakemuncher 9y agoI'm not sure about iOS, but on Android this is possible with many apps in the app store. Some manufacturers also have "smart settings" in settings of Android that also gives this capability out of the box.