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A comment on iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad for User Security. Parent comment

Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by josteink on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:44AM (#15414675)
> I think you completely missed that you can indeed actually turn them off via 3D touch

My iPhone SE doesn't have 3D touch, or if it does, I have no idea what it is.

So as far as I know, no, I don't have that option.

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by morganvachon on Friday October 06, 2017 @06:59AM (#15415780)
As I said, long-press on non 3D touch devices opens the same box.
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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by evolve2017 on Friday October 06, 2017 @08:05AM (#15416093)
This is patently false (I have just done the very thing you said, then confirmed that the wifi was in fact still on).

I think this whole argument just lends more support to the idea that Apple is being deceptive with this UI.

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Re:iOS 11's Misleading "Off-Ish" Setting for Radios Is Bad f... by morganvachon on Friday October 06, 2017 @09:00AM (#15416429)
It's not false that a long press on a non-3D touch device opens the same box as using 3D touch on a device that supports it.

However, after all the feedback here I did some testing and it appears the GP was wrong: The submenu obtained by 3D touch/long-press doesn't actually turn WiFi off. My apologies for repeating his claim without backing it up.

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