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iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad for User Security

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Re: iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad for User Security

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post #229

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I have a phone that is 3D Touch capable and I never use 3D Touch at all . In fact I mostly avoid using it; it's Those Useless Options That Sometimes Pop Up If I Press Too hard On A Thing. It's on par with OSX's "some menu items change if you hold down alt while they're open" behavior. Aggressively obscured.

Then turn it off (Settings, General, Accessibility) Although lacking discoverability, I personally find it very quick, useful and natural in a couple of use cases: acting on notifications, keyboard cursor movement and selection, (sadly defunct) app switching, on Apple Music track listings.

Oh right, I use the keyboard cursor movement all the time.

Haven't found a single other place where it does anything I find useful.

Re: iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad for User Security

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post #163

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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.

Unless you use a VPN.

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.
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