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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.
Apple knows better than you. Just ask 'em.
So what? You don't own the device. You just rent it. It is closed source software. You get whatever the corporation decides is OK. Isn't that what you want? If not, why did you buy it?
my iphone 6+ will stay on 9.3.5 forever, or until the hardware dies... whichever comes first.
How do I stop the auto updates? It's impossible to stop the phone from downloading updates automatically, unless you jailbreak it... OR you block the following URLs on your wifi router:
appldnld.apple.com mesu.apple.com
This will prevent your iDevice from auto downloading OS updates. Don't worry, you can still update your installed apps, it only blocks iOS updates.
You are the problem. By avoiding updates, you carry around an exploitable phone and force both the carrier, and Apple to support your version of the OS. Stop being an idiot and just update the damn thing before you get owned, and bitterly complain about Apple's perceived lack of security.
If you drive around NYC you'll notice little plastic pods mounted to poles or traffic lights at many intersections. These are actually Apple-designed and manufactured devices designed to capture Bluetooth and WiFi MAC addresses that are beaconed nearby.
These addresses are tied to you, of course, because Apple knows all of the hardware IDs of your phone. Apple also furnishes this information to the surveillance state.
The NSA's FRUITCUT (Fast Recognition of Users In Transit by Capture of Universal Telemetry) program is basically an endeavor to track everyone with a phone using this technology.