Password protection

  • 10 November 2014
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sandip
Sonos app allows anybody to play/use if they have Wifi access.
So if i share my wifi password with my guest he gets access to my Sonos set-up. With bridge we had to connect once with bridge, which was some what a security feature.

Even better if we could control access to certain group of speakers. I don't want children/guest to use my bedroom speakers only their rooms and my be common areas.

Password protection

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39 replies

C
I like the PIN idea. You can use it if you want to or not. But having this floating on the network so anyone can access and play is not desirable for my situation. A simple PIN would keep people from tampering. It should remember the PIN so I don't have to keep entering every time I access the system on various devices.
S
Many people give their friends the WiFi password when they come over,but I wouldn’t want them using my system as they please,you wouldn’t hand the keys over to your new car every time they wanted to go to town or go shopping or whatever,just one simple password to stop any using and abusing
S
Hi I am new to sonos and yes I would like to see a pass code option on my sonos I have read some of topics on this and yes maybe some people don't need it and some do I don't like the idea that anyone who has my wifi code can use and abuse it as they please I honestly think that we should be given the option to use a pass code or not I live in a household with 3 young adults they never really bothered with my previous system unless we had party's but now because it is so easily assesible to them they are starting to use it all the time I would like to restrict this
D
Hi All,

I can see a good use for a user pin/password from a family/integration point, I agree it isn't necessary in many cases so an option to turn it on and off with an admin password would be best in the menu.

I have Sonos throughout the house and would find the following useful:

- Simple four digit log in pin/password this could be just once when you open the app and linked to a user account that has been set up.
- Admin/master user, other user & guest user options.
- Ability to set the following permissions; zones, sleep and max volume (per zone).

Admin has full control over everything (as normal), but with the following additional control over other users, zones permission, max volume in individual zones and sleep/operation times.
Other users can be set up with a name and pin/password and then allocated zones they can control within the system.
Guest is a pre-defined set of zones and pin/password you can give to anyone joining your WiFi without setting them up as a user.

Scenario

Kids have Sonos in there rooms the have control via the app of their room but the admin has fixed a max volume for that zone for that user and a sleep/operation time per day of the week.

Preventing the turn it down, turn it off and done mess about with your sisters music conversations 🙂
Ryan S
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There also no means of backing up playlists from what I've seen ....so not only can some access everything via the app once on the network they can also delete amend all my favourites and play lists

Commonly known as Sonos terrorism. And I assume Sonos does not condone Sonos Terrorism.

We certainly wouldn't want to support that. As a network security specialist, I'd highly recommend having a guest network set-up on your home for just this sort of situation. You can give that wifi to friends you wouldn't trust to hold your luggage or playlists safely. Sonos can be connected to your secure network, segregated from your friends and unsavory figures. MAC address filtering is a bit more complicated, but certainly doable. If you have any questions about options here you're welcome to give our support team a call and they can point you in the right direction. You'll also find some great suggestions here already.

We'll pass on the suggestion for adding a password option for Sonos to our development team. We love getting your suggestions for the future, but we don't share a roadmap for what's coming. We'll let you know if there's any official word on this feature. For now there are no plans to let you in on. Thanks for asking though!
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C
There also no means of backing up playlists from what I've seen ....so not only can some access everything via the app once on the network they can also delete amend all my favourites and play lists

Commonly known as Sonos terrorism. And I assume Sonos does not condone Sonos Terrorism.
1
There also no means of backing up playlists from what I've seen ....so not only can some access everything via the app once on the network they can also delete amend all my favourites and play lists
1
Everyone what we are asking for here is simple role based access...this can be achieved either with user based cred or simply at a device level based on policy like device name, ip address or MAC it's not difficult....totally get that user's shouldnt have to login everytime and this could cached on a particular time period just like when you login into your Facebook account...sonos devs you need to architect your identity management within ur sonos bridge and not retire it.
N
Here's my argument folks - I work in a coworking space where we have a Sonos because simply put Sonos makes some amazing products. The coworking space has WiFi available to everyone, however, we do not want everyone to have access to the Sonos simply because our WiFi is open to all members and their associates. A simple password for the Sonos system that was a one-time entry (i.e. you wouldn't have to enter the password each time you attempt to connect to the Sonos) would be extremely beneficial. This could be similar to the way Apple AirPlay passwords work, I believe iOS devices store the password and then automatically authenticate in the background - since you must use the Sonos controller app to connect to the system the app could very easily store the password and automatically authenticate each time.
BCM
Or put the Sonos on a secondary password-protected wireless network in the office. WIFI routers are dirt cheap these days. Did lol at pierre's post, though.
Stuart_W
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Another use-case for some kind of protection (password, pairing or whatever): office space.
I work in a building where everyone is connected to a shared, managed wifi network, so no "don’t give access to your network to people you don’t trust" argument here.
*Someone* just started playing Justin Bieber at full volume. It hurts. Password please :)

Or perhaps management could stop employing immature imbeciles perhaps?
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P
Another use-case for some kind of protection (password, pairing or whatever): office space.
I work in a building where everyone is connected to a shared, managed wifi network, so no "don’t give access to your network to people you don’t trust" argument here.
*Someone* just started playing Justin Bieber at full volume. It hurts. Password please 🙂
J
+1 for this. Yes I could restrict guests from using the wifi but that's a little bit overboard in my mind. Like one of the posters has said - a 4 digit pin when connecting via the app to the player for the first time would be the ideal scenario.

Those of us that want control (without having to lock the wifi) can do so, and those who don't want the hassle, only have to do it once.
B
Joining this rather late but... ...from what I read, it looks like people just want to be able to manage the way controllers can access players. In other words, to allow or prevent certain controllers from controlling certain players. Password control is one way to do that but I agree with previous posters that they can be a pain - not only for the password owner, but for the software developer who has to find a safe way to deal with forgotten passwords. So, why not devise some kind of pairing system, such as used with Bluetooth which recognises a device rather than the user? In my family, we all have our own phones/tablets and there are some shared devices too. I'd love to be able to pair those devices with one, some or all of our Sonos players, so that the device owner can only 'see' the players which they've paired with. For those who want greater security, the password provision on the phone/tablet/pc operating system is there if needed.
L
i think it would be useful to have a onetime passcode after someone downloads the app and attempts to connect to your network. we are using the speakers in a showroom where management wants to control the music venue and the volume control. without some type of passcode anybody that downloads the app can connect to your network and change the music and the volume.
BCM
I don't want it and have kids that know their boundaries.
J
That's a ridiculous argument. You could simply have it switchable so those that require it can have it. Anyone with access to the household wifi can mess with the system as they choose. Clearly those who don't want it don't have kids!
J
I am not that surprised, I would not want to have to key in a password each time I wanted to change zone/room groupings!

In an interview, that was precisely the reason given by the Sonos CEO for not implementing password protection.
K
Userlevel 2
I intend to use a sonos system in a public building with multi users and multiple rooms.
Every body has acces to the network and in some cases I would like to the users in some rooms to have access to the sound system in their own room. but in the more commonly used rooms (like a bar) I think the bartender should be able to be in charge of the music.
so an option to set a password or a pin code per separate room would be a great solution.
As a matter a fact this is now seen as a hurdle to buy a sonos system (at least 5 play 3, 2 play 5 and 1 connect) or not.
J
Another voter who would like to see this implemented.

I have always allowed friends access to my wifi but I want to control the music and not let them start ruining my playlist!

Previously I had a iPhone app for playing music directly from my iPad to my hi-fi.

As someone else put, why not make it an optional for each setup, with the default being no password?

I think it would be a worthwhile addition. Please consider this sonos.
ratty
Seriously people, think outside the box here. Just because you don't see value in it doesn't mean others wont and it's not like this is an overly insane request.
We "people" on these forums are just Sonos users, though Sonos staff do occasionally stop by.

Seriously, the requirement for password/PIN lock-outs quite probably impinges on such a tiny fraction of Sonos' customer -- or potential customer -- base that to divert engineering attention to such a feature, as opposed to all the other requested items, makes no business sense.

I can't help thinking that if you have Sonos units which you don't want to be accessible by some controllers then the simplest solution is to configure them onto a different Sonos Household (aka 'system'). In extremis you could even put them on a different network subnet.
BCM
Why do you provide WIFI service for their personal devices? Change that password and you have your password protection in your office.
R
a bit late to the party but i'm pretty surprised by the ignorance in this thread to the topic at hand.

People are so defensive over this password option when I think they're thinking of it incorrectly.

1) We don't want a password 'all the time', having the option to lock out 1 Sonos controller would be fantastic because of....

2) Not everyone uses Sonos at home, case in point: we have 3 Sonos controllers in our office. 1 in reception, 1 in the main office and 1 in our presentation room. We don't want Joe Schmo playing his favourite Lady gaga track on the presentation room sonos when he wanted to play it on the main office one.

You people saying things like 'Teach your kids' or 'take responsibility', accidents happen people and people are inherently idiots when it comes to stuff like this, especially office people. It's happened to us before, it'll happen again and the entire thing can be fixed with an OPTIONAL setting to need a pin/password to play through that/group that room into your playlist.

Seriously people, think outside the box here. Just because you don't see value in it doesn't mean others wont and it's not like this is an overly insane request.
D
Userlevel 1
What a great idea. Please do this Sonos!

My suggestion was that this feature be optional, default OFF. If Sonos were to implement this but you don't need it, then don't enable it. 🙂 Please don't deny this to others that would benefit from it.
buzz
Overall, I don't like this idea.

A very quick expedient would be to change the WiFi password on party night. -- Or, if you are brave, remove the password on party night.
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