Here's another one.
A speciifc network name can completely disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone
https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/04/wifi-iphone-disable-bug/
What I don't understand is how this updated string would affect iOS devices simply by *detecting* the SSID, rather than the previously-reported string which would only affect the device after *joining* the network.
It also states that the effects of this newer variant cannot be fixed by resetting network settings; you have to do a hard reset, and therefore lose all of your data.
That second part I can believe. The first, I'm not so sure.
@voltronic That’s also curious why the journalist didn’t try it first hand.
Doing an hard reset on an iCloud backed up iPhone is something I do without an afterthought. Just check that the latest backup match actual time/date then zap. An older iPhone could also had done the trick.
@magicsoda
That's exactly what was thinking at first. But others in this thread have rightly pointed out that if this works as described, than anyone else with an iOS device in range of your test AP will potentially be affected, and need to hard reset their devices. In other words, you could have a bunch of unintended test subjects.
@magicsoda
Those replies became unthreaded because I did a delete/redraft. See replies from @mcfate and @spacesloth.