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Avid Contributor I
July 23, 2026
Answered

sonos app allowing access when not on wifi

Whilst i was away on holiday my son asked my why i was playing music via my sonos play 1 stereo speakers ? - i was in Mauritius and home is in England

I replied that i couldnt as i was not on the wifi

 

it turns out my pest of a daughter who was a mile away from my home was able to do this. she was not connected to my wifi and in fact was connected to her own wifi [which is not linked to mine].

The Sonos play 1 stereo pair was showing up in her spotify so she pestered my son with it.

Then it turns out middle child who lives 13  miles away [she was not connected to my wifi and in fact was connected to her own wifi [which is not linked to mine]  was able to also do the same 

 

How can this happen?

How do I prevent her from doing it again cos she’s a pest and will ?

nik9669aAnswer
Senior Virtuoso
July 23, 2026

There is, i believe, an issue (feature?) that a Spotify user remains “logged in” until another streaming service is used. Might this be how they did it? 

5 replies

nik9669aAnswer
Senior Virtuoso
July 23, 2026

There is, i believe, an issue (feature?) that a Spotify user remains “logged in” until another streaming service is used. Might this be how they did it? 

AidanbAuthor
Avid Contributor I
July 23, 2026

so if it happens again we just get whoever is at home to play something else and thus cuts them off ?

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
July 23, 2026

Yes, Spotify issue, not Sonos so you have to sort out the accounts there.

jgatie
July 23, 2026

Or you can just play your own source in that Room and that will bounce the Spotify account from your system.

AjTrek1
July 23, 2026

Just FYI….A similar control with Sonos can be actuated via the Alex app over 5G cellular. I pranked my wife one day 😂

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