Posted by Marc Martin on Feb 24, 2016; 7:30pm
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Wi-fi-keeps-turning-itself-on-tp4028922p4028923.html

On February 24, "steve [via ES]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I have a strange issue. I always have wi-fi turned off on my Mac.
> Lately it's been turning itself on! I have the icon on the top of my screen
> and all of a sudden I look and it's activated.
> I checked all my settings, requiring a password to turn wi-fi on and it's
> still doing it.
> Kind of eerie

It's been awhile since I had a Mac... on a PC, one could just disable the
driver and then there's no way it's coming back on.  

You might want to look at this page, as there are instructions offered for
how to do this on a Mac:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/116896/disable-wireless-network-card-mac-os-x

Marc