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Mobile Networks in Multiple Countries Display 'Stay Home' Message When Users Connect to Cellular Instead of WiFi
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Since iOS 12 I’ve had so many issues with wifi disconnecting or not reconnecting when I get home. Both my 7 and now my 11 Pro... so some days I will just disable it via settings and re-enable. Stupid behaviour, iOS 14 needs a fix and option to change what control centre does
rarely for me. I try to toggle but seem as normal nothing changed. In old-time, yeah I sure off wifi.
Very helpful, I had no idea I needed to stay home.
It’s just a network name change, and you have to be not off Wi-Fi, but Wi-Fi calling feature should be off, as otherwise you will not see the network name.
If fellow humans -- particularly at risk fellow humans -- are staying home, then what is the mechanism by which they become infected by someone who does not stay home?
At least some level of human contact is required for survival. Specifically, groceries and medical care. Overloading our medical facilities and putting essential employees, caregivers and emergency workers at risk of getting and spreading illness and death hurts all of us.
With with WiFi calling enabled, Verizon says “VZW Wi-Fi”. It still says that and I doubt they’ll give up that little advertisement lol.
I don’t know if this happening in the states at all though. Didn’t see anything in the comments
I don’t know if this happening in the states at all though. Didn’t see anything in the comments
That is a great idea. I imagine that A LOT of people meet this qualification.
For some people, working is essential. For some people, their business is essential. For some people, the idea of being locked in their home for anything other than going to a grocery store is dire, and in many cases, totally unnecessary. Some people might get sick, sure. Some people will certainly have their lives rocked financially. This situation is the result of systematic control of the means of production in the healthcare system, by the government, to all of our detriment. The case can reasonably be made for cities perhaps, but shutting off the whole country especially in more rural/suburban areas, is deeply uncalled for.
And, as you said, those people at home are going to need human contact at some point anyway, so...
Do you know what the point of the shutdown is?
Depends on whether you want to be tracked via various unsecured and commercial WiFi networks, as opposed to just the phone network.
They stopped that in iOS 8 with MAC address randomization.
“Your GPS says you are at that massage parlor again. That’s twice this week. Your wife is wanting to know what those withdrawals are from the ATM. I’m going to tell her Siri if you don’t stop. And you go to the liquor store too often too. Your liver must be black. And slow down. You drive too fast. Speaking of, your insurance companies asked for your data and I gave it to them, for a price. You have a new email from them saying they are canceling your policies.” Big Brother, your phone.
In the real world, there are no absolutes. The infection could be transmitted by aid givers, by UPS drivers, by postal workers, etc. Where they got it from who can say, but what is certain is if we can stop the chain of infection at any point, so that it never ends up reaching that elderly person, a life can be saved.
Nobody intends to infect an at-risk person with such a dangerous illness (at least I should hope not, good lord...), but mistakes can happen. That's why we need to each do our part, to reduce the odds of such a mistake as much as possible.
Plus, we also need to give our medical system, and the medical systems around the world, the time they need to come up with effective treatments which could potentially make this disease less life-threatening for them, and save lives.
My city is seeing its numbers DOUBLE every three days. 20K and counting. So yeah. If people are threatening public health they should be forcibly quarantined if necessary.
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If you have all that setup, why not block inbound initiated traffic to your iPhone and other devices?
Sounds like Japanese internment camps. Let's not even go there. That was a shameful time for America. There does need to be some sort of penalty, though. That I agree.