9 Sneaky iOS 16 Settings You Need To Turn Off Now

Protect your privacy, battery, and data

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• Protect Privacy

#1. Notifications while on Screen Sharing 🔔

Lately, I’ve got this (embarrassing) notification while I was on a formal Teams meet.

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The word “diapers” picked my eyes, and before I could even figure out the whole message, I swiped it up.

I continued, “Ahem. So you can see the significant upward curve gentlemen…”

To never let it happen again, I headed over to ‘Settings ⚙️ < Notifications 🔔 < Screen Sharing < Allow Notifications’, and toggled it off.

This disables notifications while you’re screen mirroring or SharePlay-ing.

You may consider doing it too. Because, who knows when these things might occur?

#2. Auto-join Hotspot 🔗

This is one of the most dangerous settings of iOS.

The ‘Auto-Join Hotspot’ toggler lies in ‘Settings ⚙️ < Wi-Fi 📶’.