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Turn off ‘ask to join networks’ - mine been that ways for 10 years and it’s much better.

trowawee 9y ago
I...don't want my phone to automatically connect to random open access points? I live in a city where there are at least 5 separate open networks available at nearly all times if you're just walking around, most of which I do not want to connect to.
- neotek 9y ago
  Turning off "ask to join networks" also stops your phone from connecting to open networks automatically. It will still autoconnect to networks that you have previously connected to, though, unless you explicitly tell it to forget that network.
  - jachee 9y ago
    Exactly. Also: auto-joining open WiFi networks—especially generically-named ones—is a pretty serious security risk. So easy to spoof an SSID and capture everything that's traversing it.
    - Ensorceled 9y ago
      Unless you use a VPN.
      - jachee 9y ago
        Alas, there's no auto-enable-upon-connection VPN, of which I'm aware. And if your device connects to an open SSID while in your pocket, you're not even aware of it.
- djrogers 9y ago
  Not sure you understand the feature here - this controls wether you are prompted to join a network you've never seen. It doesn't automatically join those networks if you disable it, it merely silences the incessant prompts.
cassowary 9y ago
I hate both. If "ask" is on, it's constantly harassing me. If "ask" is off, I have to search hard to find the setting that lets me connect to a wifi network in a tool that also lets me change the language I'm using.
- yladiz 9y ago
  This isn't quite fair. It may be better to have a menu from the Wifi toggle in the Control Center, but it's two clicks (Settings, Wifi) to show the list of wifi networks. It's not that hard or obtuse to locate.
- djrogers 9y ago
  2 taps hardly qualifies as having to 'search hard' - and even that is only the first time you need to connect to a brand new network. This smacks of exaggeration for the sake of creating drama where there is none.

I...don't want my phone to automatically connect to random open access points? I live in a city where there are at least 5 separate open networks available at nearly all times if you're just walking around, most of which I do not want to connect to.

neotek 9y ago
Turning off "ask to join networks" also stops your phone from connecting to open networks automatically. It will still autoconnect to networks that you have previously connected to, though, unless you explicitly tell it to forget that network.
- jachee 9y ago
  Exactly. Also: auto-joining open WiFi networks—especially generically-named ones—is a pretty serious security risk. So easy to spoof an SSID and capture everything that's traversing it.
  - Ensorceled 9y ago
    Unless you use a VPN.
    - jachee 9y ago
      Alas, there's no auto-enable-upon-connection VPN, of which I'm aware. And if your device connects to an open SSID while in your pocket, you're not even aware of it.
djrogers 9y ago
Not sure you understand the feature here - this controls wether you are prompted to join a network you've never seen. It doesn't automatically join those networks if you disable it, it merely silences the incessant prompts.

cassowary 9y ago

I hate both. If "ask" is on, it's constantly harassing me. If "ask" is off, I have to search hard to find the setting that lets me connect to a wifi network in a tool that also lets me change the language I'm using.

yladiz 9y ago
This isn't quite fair. It may be better to have a menu from the Wifi toggle in the Control Center, but it's two clicks (Settings, Wifi) to show the list of wifi networks. It's not that hard or obtuse to locate.
djrogers 9y ago
2 taps hardly qualifies as having to 'search hard' - and even that is only the first time you need to connect to a brand new network. This smacks of exaggeration for the sake of creating drama where there is none.