How to disable Direct Control / Streaming services?

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
June 27, 2022
22 replies
1019 views

I have an old ZP80 system that I use strictly for playing music from a vast catalog of music and podcasts that keep on my NAS. So it’s all inside my personal network. I don’t route any streaming or outside services, e.g., Spotify, Apple, Google, etc, through my Sonos system. No do I have any accounts with those companies.

So was surprised the other day when my GF, who has Google and Spotify at her house, but not Sonos, was at my house and was able to play music from Spotify over my Sonos system. I called Sonos support and they said that Sonos exposes an API called Direct Control to 3rd party services such as Spotify, so all she needs is her Spotify app on her phone to play music through my Sonos system.

How do I disable that feature on Sonos? I don’t want Spotify to have access to my Sonos system, or to be able to route content through my network or gain marketing information by knowing that content was routed through my network. I want to keep my Sonos system tightly buttoned down to just my network inside my firewall.

Thanks in advance.

This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

Best answer by ratty

I don’t want my Sonos mesh network to be discoverable. This is not an unusual request - Bluetooth works the same way - you can control how “discoverable” a Bluetooth device is. Everyone uses Bluetooth - it’s not a big inconvenience.

Sonos devices respond to standard local network discovery protocols, such as UPnP and mDNS. There’s nothing one can do about that without entirely crippling the operation of the system.

A local network uses private IP addressing. The clue is in the name. The network is private. Within that network all devices are deemed contactable, including by broadcast.

Bluetooth is a completely different technology, essentially wire replacement. Of course one would want to control which nearby devices can be connected.

Show previous replies

J

John B

For someone so concerned about security you have a remarkably lax attitude to access to your network.

'Sonos is wide open ...'. Heck it's not a bank account. It's wide open shock horror..to someone in your house who you have let on your network playing music on your speakers. How often do visitors do this?

K

Kumar

For someone so concerned about security you have a remarkably lax attitude to access to your network.

That is why I asked the question I did a little while ago; this seems like a gated field with no fence. But maybe I am in different enviroment that does not needs some of these protocols. One of which is that my NAS contains only music files for Sonos.

Sign up

Login to the community