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Bjorn
Contributor I
Jan 20, 2023 4:16 PM UTC
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Hijacking a Sonos Move in another city

I accidentally hijacked a Sonos Move in the home of a relative, who lives in another city. I played music on her Move when I visited and was connected to her WiFi. Now when I got home and tried to play Spotify music on my own Move, the music comes from her speaker. This is spooky. I renamed my own Move and now I can choose which Move, in which city, to play music on. We are all on S2.

 

Is this a bug or a feature? Is this a Sonos or Spotify problem?

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John BAnswer
Jan 20, 2023 5:29 PM UTC

It is a well known feature of Spotify, and could happen with any Spotify-Connect-enabled speaker.  It may seem spooky but is well understood and results from Spotify making a cloud based connection to a speaker that persists outside of WiFi.

Your relative should play a non-Spotify source on her speaker to break the link.

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John BAnswer
Jan 20, 2023 5:29 PM UTC

It is a well known feature of Spotify, and could happen with any Spotify-Connect-enabled speaker.  It may seem spooky but is well understood and results from Spotify making a cloud based connection to a speaker that persists outside of WiFi.

Your relative should play a non-Spotify source on her speaker to break the link.

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    BjornAuthor
    Contributor I
    Jan 23, 2023 11:23 AM UTC

    Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately it didn’t address the security issue, and the statement that it is ”well understood” doesn’t explain or help. As I understand it, this is a Spotify problem. Fortunately after a day the remote connection seem to have expired. 

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    John B
    Jan 23, 2023 11:53 AM UTC

    Thanks for the answer. Unfortunately it didn’t address the security issue, and the statement that it is ”well understood” doesn’t explain or help. As I understand it, this is a Spotify problem. Fortunately after a day the remote connection seem to have expired. 

    As I am just a fellow user, I am not sure how I can “address the security issue”.  The only way for Sonos to stop this happening would be to withdraw Spotify Connect functionality from Sonos speakers.  I think that would go down like a lead balloon.

    There is, of course, a way to avoid this happening.  The connection can only be made if a visitor is allowed onto the system owner’s WiFi network.  THAT is a much bigger security risk and is voluntary.  Being able to play music on your friend’s speaker should be the last of your worries, or rather your friend’s.

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