>>> Restating: her phone's hotspot was turned off, but my phone saw it advertised. When I tapped the hotspot icon on my phone, her hotspot was turned on and I connected to it.
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>>> Can anyone explain this? Is it a feature or a bug or a malfunction?
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>> The very first time device B is asked to make a Wifi connection to device A's hotspot, B will ask for the password, and after that, will remember it. Same as any Wifi source.
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>> This is the normal behavior of hotspot connections using Wifi.
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> OK, thanks. Good. That leaves the question of whether after that first connection, it's normal that A has the ability to turn on B's hotspot.
I would LIKE the answer to be "it's configurable" but apparently that ability is considered to be the norm.
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