Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center Doesn't Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (vice.com)

An anonymous reader shares a Motherboard report: Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you're not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice. Unfortunately, with the iPhone's new operating system iOS 11 - which was released to the general public yesterday - turning them off is not as easy as it used to be. Now, when you toggle Bluetooth and Wi-Fi off from the iPhone's Control Center -- the somewhat confusing menu that appears when you swipe up from the bottom of the phone -- it actually doesn't completely turn them off. While that might sound like a bug, that's actually what Apple intended in the new operating system. But security researchers warn that users might not realize this and, as a consequence, could leave Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on without noticing. Numerous Slashdot readers have complained about this "feature" this week.

Comments

Very Brave

[Oswald McWeany]

It was very brave and forward thinking of Apple to not allow you to turn off Wifi.

Re: Very Brave

[Aristos Mazer]

Apple needs an asshole because otherwise the shit builds up? :-)

courage

[slew]

Courage in the wake of wifi stack vunerabilities.

Courage that they won't have a bluetooth stack vulnerability like android.

Courage is what it takes, courage...

Re:And the point then?

[karnal]

Well, we could just remove the batt... oh wait.

Re:Product Opportunity

[msauve]

Just hold it wrong. Problem solved.