Is there any way to put a password on your sonos system?

If your router permits you to, you might consider activating a guest wifi and give your visitors it's password. In that way they won't have access to the main wifi, on which you have installed the Sonos gear.

We are in 2017. EVERY connected device should be protected by password, full stop. (then it's your responsibility if the password is too easy). Of course we can all setup guest wifi, or setup a wifi dedicated to sonos, or don't give password of the wifi to no one... At the end of the day it would be much easier for everybody if the system could be protected. Like my TV, my PS4, my set top box, my camera, my NAS, my whatever... Funny how Sonos considers login with complex password is required to publish comments on this forum, while considers protecting its own devices is not really needed...

If your router permits you to, you might consider activating a guest wifi and give your visitors it's password. In that way they won't have access to the main wifi, on which you have installed the Sonos gear.

We are in 2017. EVERY connected device should be protected by password, full stop. (then it's your responsibility if the password is too easy). Of course we can all setup guest wifi, or setup a wifi dedicated to sonos, or don't give password of the wifi to no one... At the end of the day it would be much easier for everybody if the system could be protected. Like my TV, my PS4, my set top box, my camera, my NAS, my whatever... Funny how Sonos considers login with complex password is required to publish comments on this forum, while considers protecting its own devices is not really needed...

Nonsense

Sonos is just a smart radio or Turntable.

Furthermore, the only people who have access to your Sonos system are those you have entrusted with your Wi-Fi password.

I, for one, do NOT want "added security" aka cumbersome botheration to listen to my music thankyou very much

Yes, the repeated mantra of ‘educate/discipline’ your children / it’s up to you who you let on your network etc. all seem to miss the point I think of why many people are requesting this.

Just because I let somebody onto my network should not (and does not, in any semblance of a ‘proper’ network) mean they can do anything they like on it.  While some may allow them on purely for internet access (in which case, as suggested, just allow them access to guest WiFi), some may let them on and allow guest access to a NAS.  They cannot do this on Guest WiFi.  You may let them on to see a shared media folder from my PC.  They cannot do this on Guest WiFi.  I can and do choose to password protect other areas and devices.  i.e. adding them to a guest WiFi would not give them access to what I want them to access.

With many devices the access control can be more granular yet the oft repeated mantra here appears to be that access to one’s home network and Sonos has to be synonymous – I don’t see why that has to be the case.  As above, there can be very legitimate reasons why one would wish somebody to have access to a network – but not a Sonos system residing on it.

As far as ‘access control’ goes, for many/most, it could simply be OFF and would completely behave as it does now..  Or, it could require a password each time it is accessed (can’t EVER see me using that)..  However, one option I see a use case for is for any first time access to require a PIN.  That way, users allow people onto their network and give them access to the data they need them to see – but are not opening their Sonos system to any other shenanigans, ‘funny’ or otherwise.

I have no problem at all with Sonos adding an access control OPTION to the system.  Well implemented it would not affect me.  There are so many comments by users in this thread and others opposing things that don’t even affect them.  Other than ignoring such requests, like many do seem to do, or commenting and moving on, sometimes the strength of opposition, to something they wouldn’t even be affected by is brilliantly funny - yet rather sad at the same time.
Accept some people have use cases different to your own and move on.

Actually. I don't have a problem with the request per se. It's perfectly valid that some people want this "feature" and clearly some do.
However, I do take issue when people invent specious reasoning viz "We are in 2017. EVERY connected device should be protected by password, full stop" - That, again, is a valid opinion but as a blanket statement of fact - not having it, sorry.
And what's wrong with suggesting proper discipline for those given the responsibility of full access to your Wi-Fi network?

The comment wasn’t specifically aimed at you.  However, when you say that you don’t have a problem with the request per se, your closing comment of your previous post suggested otherwise and that it would be ‘bothersome’.  As I said in my post, I don’t see why that needs to be the case at all or why many/most users would even be affected.

And yes, there’s nothing at all wrong with general suggestions of proper discipline for those entrusted with wifi access.  The issue with said advice is that it’s usually given as THE solution to people’s problem with the lack of Sonos access control without understanding the context or questioning any reasoning for a user’s particular setup.

As I said, while the advice for a guess wifi access may suit some, it isn’t appropriate for others.  Suggestions for more discipline required may equally be correct in some cases – but rather offensive in others.

Still waiting...

This thread is salty as ****.

As a product manager, prioritization is difficult, and you often can only lead your development teams through influence, so I understand that these things don't get answered.

That said, the people debating this topic don't seem to realize that a Sonos owner might not have control of the wifi. Imagine putting this in a dorm or shared office space. We'd love to use one in our coworking community without getting Rick rolled.

There's a time and place for proper security, and a little password can still go a long way.

I, for one, do NOT want "added security" aka cumbersome botheration to listen to my music thankyou very much

Having a password feature be optional wouldn't hinder you at all.

On the surface, it sounds like an easy request. But then, start thinking of the complexity. One password for any given install? One password for each group? One password for each device? A master password to allow to create groups? The complexity of this thing can escalate rather quickly.

@sergeadam for sure, but given their aversion to granular options probably safe to say it would be simple such as a pin to associate a control to a system. Personally I don't think they will add a password, just my opinion though.