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sandip
Contributor I
November 10, 2014

Password protection

  • November 10, 2014
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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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      davidrule
      Contributor I
      December 16, 2014
      The way I'd like to see this work would be for each Sonos device to have an optional PIN/password. The first time a new controller connects to a device with a PIN enabled, the user is prompted for that PIN. The PIN is remembered by the controller so won't need entering again. The default should be PIN/passwords disabled so that those who don't have a need for this feature are unaffected.

      In my case, I'd love to give each of my kids their own Sonos device (and they'd love me to give them one too!) but they are at a age where they spend half their time looking for new ways to tease each other. With the current Sonos app, if they each had their own devices, they'd likely spend more time interfering with their sibling's Sonos than spending time using their own Sonos! :D

      If this feature is ever implemented I'd add two additional PLAY:5 devices right away.

      -David
        BCM
        BCM
        December 16, 2014
        If this feature is ever implemented I'd add two additional PLAY:5 devices right away.


        Or you could buy the units and reprimand your kids to respect YOUR toys. 😃
        lakeguy
        Avid Contributor I
        December 16, 2014
        It's just music!
        crilo
        Avid Contributor I
        December 20, 2014
        Yet another password? Please don't do this Sonos!
        I agree that having the equivalent of multiple households on the same network could be useful in some cases, but this would be with detrimental to simplicity and simplicity is the beauty of Sonos.
        buzz
        buzz
        Grand Maestro
        December 21, 2014
        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.
        davidrule
        Contributor I
        January 5, 2015
        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.
          radioslave
          Lyricist I
          March 23, 2015
          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.
            BCM
            BCM
            March 23, 2015
            Why do you provide WIFI service for their personal devices? Change that password and you have your password protection in your office.
            ratty
            ratty
            March 23, 2015
            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.
            jempie
            Lyricist II
            June 1, 2015
            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.
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