[m463]

I meant, don't turn your phone into a beacon. (as a setting is ok)

The idea would be yes -- connect to bluetooth headphones or your car. Connect to wifi in your home. Allow NFC transactions on command.

But no, don't promiscuously advertise your device. Don't look up every bluetooth beacon you encounter or crowdsource every wifi access point.

[kevas]

If your WiFi is on, it’s already doing this. It’s saying, here’s all the networks I’ve joined in the past. Are you one?

[danShumway]

> If your WiFi is on

Many people disable Wifi when they're not planning to be actively connected to a network. Even ignoring the privacy benefits, it can improve battery.

I'll add my voice that this is nice, and I appreciate Apple's approach and privacy improvements, but I'd kind of like to be able to turn Bluetooth on and off the same way I can with WiFi.

I want most connections on my phone (with a couple of small exceptions) to be user-initiated only.

[jodrellblank]

> Many people disable Wifi when they're not planning to be actively connected to a network. Even ignoring the privacy benefits, it can improve battery.

In a recent iOS update, it turns on automatically again; you can only disable it "until tomorrow". Not sure if that's until midnight, until "morning", but it doesn't seem to be "for 24 hours".

[m463]

I thought it was:

- hidden ssid access point - your phone will broadcast unique data looking for it (initially the ap must listen and respond)

- regular named ssid access point - your phone can passively listen for the name and join if it is available. (initially the phone must listen and respond)