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Comment by KGIII

8 years ago

Maybe disable automatic joining of random networks? I don't use an iPhone, but I bet it has a setting for that. There's also the security implication of automatically joining unknown networks.

Will that help?

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kalleboo  8 years ago

They're not random networks though. Sometimes I do use the station wifi (so it's in my network list), but that's if I'm parked there for 15 minutes waiting for a train and want to stream a YouTube channel or download a podcast. Just not when I'm on the train passing it.

  • KGIII  8 years ago

    I think another person mentioned a possible solution in a different thread. Just tell it to not auto-join those specific networks. It's not necessarily ideal, but it should work.

    I believe they gave you directions on how to do it, in the other thread about the exploits. I'm not really spying, I just happened to just finish reading that thread and noticed the train similarities.

    That should solve it for you. I'd find that behavior maddening. Fortunately, that's not a likely problem for me.

    • kalleboo  8 years ago

      Yeah I just saw that comment after I replied here. As you say, not ideal but it should help at least.