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You’re right it’s an excellent solution to that issue and sometimes it’s exactly what I want. I’m worried about the security aspect because a stock iphone is wh
by darthbanane 9y ago
You’re right it’s an excellent solution to that issue and sometimes it’s exactly what I want. I’m worried about the security aspect because a stock iphone is what you should get if you care about privacy and security yet the UI actively misleads you on the purpose of the toggle.
If they wanted a disconnect button they could have designed a new icon for it. Maybe a toast so that people understand what just happened.
I found this out the hard way because my phone kept trying to connect to the subway APs and aside from giving them a nice transit map I lost about 30% battery.
- Terretta 9y agoThe most common use case is toggling WiFi to drop a bad connection, and then forgetting to turn it back on, costing you who knows how much in LTE data when you’re back at home thinking you’re on WiFi. This UX change is like cash money to most users.
- heartbreak 9y agoAlthough they did the exact same change for the Bluetooth toggle in the Control Center, and that one has less of a financial benefit. I don't mind the change, but I do wish that the force touch "pop" menu toggles would completely turn off those radios instead of simply disconnecting. For those who haven't used iOS 11, you can force touch the Control Center icons to pop in a full menu with additional toggles.
- conradev 9y agoApple also randomizes your MAC address when probing to alleviate that privacy concern.
- urspx 9y agoOn that note, does anybody know if iOS also sends out your history of wireless network SSIDs to connect to networks, like Android (or some versions of it) does?
- astrange 9y agoWiFi should take hours to drain 30% of your phone battery. Did you check the battery usage in Settings?
- tkxxx7 9y agorepeating failing reconnects can cause some quick draining, or constant connect/disconnect, as is often the case with public wifi.