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Why would you feel bad for them? They dug their own hole, they must climb back out of it all by themselves.

Correction for step 6. The key on Windows that you have to hold down is "Shift", not "Control".

Read it. Having to disable a system service to fix a bug isn't the most optimal solution.

Mmmm, Wi-Fi Networking is a feature of the phone. I know it doesn't disable Wi-Fi completely, but it does assist with A-GPS. Having to disable it isn't good.

I would hope not. Something like this shouldn't have passed QA.

Oh boy, someone else I have to correct.

Disabling Wi-Fi Networking means you disable your phone's ability to better locate you using Wi-Fi assisted GPS, or A-GPS.

Read the article a few times. Basically the temporary fix to the problem if you're experiencing it is to disable a feature of the phone.

So the solution to fix the Wi-Fi on iOS 8 is to disable Wi-Fi Networking?

Well yeah, technically they're two different things. But in the public eye, it's all about security initiative.

Exactly.

This has everything to do with this. There's no way Apple would forward with this beefing up of security right this minute if it weren't for what happened. They added two-factor to iCloud backups and they went ahead with automatically enabling encryption on the devices.

I can't believe that in a tech article, there are still people who think Apple invented the idea of smartphone encryption.

Oh man, I love Sucker Punch. I just watched it on Blu-Ray last weekend.

Actually, Android has had the ability to encrypt devices for at least three years now.

Android devices can be encrypted right now, the same way iOS can. It just has to be turned on.

Android devices can be encrypted right now, the same way iOS can. It just has to be turned on.

"All this marks a clear backlash from the wave of Snowden leaks."

It's still Sony. If their smartphone division hurts, the company's bottom line is affected.