[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)