EFF criticizes iOS 11's 'misleading' Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles for being a privacy and security risk

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonOct 8, 2017, 5:49 am217 pts
The strange, unintuitive way Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles work in iOS 11 has drawn ire from many quarters. The latest voice is that of digital right group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which says that the "off-ish" setting now offered is misleading. As we have covered in a previous story, Apple has…

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