Password Protect Sonos?

I wouldn't invest into a travel router just because they are not offering a simple admin function. I am sure they are making enough profit in order to add a feature that has been requested by customers for 10 years ...

It sounds like you don't quite understand how business works. Just because a feature has been requested by a small number of people, for however long, is totally irrelevant. Sonos will base their investment decisions on the potential business return.

A travel router might cost £20 or so. But by all means stick to your principles, don't buy one, and continue to suffer from ill-behaved housemates.

Do you work for sonos or how do you know that only a small number of people have requested this feature? Again, why do you even care?

I dont care at all what you personally do. This is a public forum and differing opinions are expressed. The main original point of my post on here was to offer what i thought was helpful advice and a solution. Which, incidentally, is a good recommendation for anyone on a shared network, irrespective of Sonos.

Sonos staff are very clearly identified as such.

I've been helping users on these boards for around 9 years. Such privacy issues on shared networks have come up from time to time, but are way down the list in terms of relative popularity.

From Sonos' point of view they would clearly rather add shiny new saleable features, such as Spotify Direct Control, than add options to stop something happening. Besides, in recent times the advent of cheap travel routers with a WiFi-as-WAN connection has effectively solved the problem.

Why do I care? As I say, I've been helping out around here for some time. I enjoy using the products. We've attempted to help you, but you seem determined to shun the advice.

I've been helping users on these boards for around 9 years. Such privacy issues on shared networks have come up from time to time, but are way down the list in terms of relative popularity.

Source? Unless You've carefully collected the data over the 9 years you have been an insider?

Well i'm not going to take the bait.

Well i'm not going to take the bait.

That's the best way to play it with that particular poster. Nothing but trouble, so let little Logan starve.

Good idea guys, first time for everything.

ok... i can't resist... I'll take the bait... maybe it is because it is a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Insertusernamehere, I can't help but notice that I've seen a number of your posts that are... I'll say, "pot-stirring". I don't get it. From the extraordinary amount of time I have seen ratty, jgatie and John B spend on here helping people and providing valuable and helpful comments... I have particularly noted a number of yours that seem to be ... less than helpful ...and it seems from the perspective that you don't trust them? Why the hostility? Sure... maybe Ratty, John B and jgatie (and perhaps I... though I'm not the technical expert they are) have drunk the kool-aid and are particularly supportive of Sonos, but personally, I have a great deal of respect for the organization that chooses to create a set of products that I believe fit a perfect niche between over-the-top expensive audio equipment and cheap bluetooth audio. They have built an organization that has chosen to operate without broadcasting their every move. This strategy isn't new, or unique, and is often wise business.

I see no reason not to believe and take ratty at his word when he says that in his, obviously extensive, time here that this particular issue is one that may come up from time to time, but is not one that is exceptionally pervasive... While I have seen it a few times, it isn't pervasive....

I think the OP has been given a relatively cheap, simple and clean solution... A simple travel router allows someone to log on to a known network wirelessly and then create a separate, dedicated ,and closed wifi for the user's personal use. Perhaps he perceives he knows better than Sonos what they should focus on. He can be forgiven that, sure, because many of us experience issues and trust that the rest of the world think "like us" when we can usually see repeatedly that isn't the case. I can certainly see that the target market for most Sonos gear is not individuals that are sharing wifi network space, but i would suspect, higher-end home owners who will obviously have their own connectivity solutions.

I'm not saying that I think the ability to secure a Sonos system behind a password isn't a good idea. In fact, I would be a supporter of such an idea. Parents who might prefer that their children not have access to their whole home audio system may be interested. In a world where it is believed that millennials will be far less likely to be able to own their own home than their parents... and this trend may be increasing, I can see more and more circumstances where this toolkit might be helpful in allowing a securing of the system... but I could also envision how it could be fraught with challenges... it wouldn't / likely couldn't / be foolproof, a factory reset on a device and poof you are past it... and if you didn't let this happen, you'd create lots of other issues... I'm certain a brainstorming session could id lots of potential solutions and ideas that could make this a useful addition to the system... but when there are relatively straightforward, inexpensive, and simple third-party solutions that will solve the problem... I can see how Sonos might be less inclined to spend their time on it and do what they do best... great audio and systems and connectivity to all the music in the world so i can have it in every room of my house.... not network security and segmentation....