Privacy and Security

Privacy and security

Local operation

Sonos Volume Bridge communicates directly with Sonos devices on the local network. Normal volume synchronization does not require an online account or an Internet connection.

The app does not include advertising, analytics, or publisher telemetry. It does not automatically upload configuration or log files.

Information used by the app

The app accesses only what it needs to discover devices, show status, remember choices, and synchronize controls:

• Sonos device identity, friendly name, local address, volume, mute, and supported settings.
• Selected Windows, macOS, or Ubuntu audio-output identity, volume, and mute.
• Application preferences such as device selection, synchronization direction, mapping, maximum volume, startup behavior, and diagnostic level.

It does not intentionally collect names, email addresses, contacts, payment details, precise location, authentication credentials, or audio content.

Local files

Configuration and diagnostic logs are stored in the operating system's per-user application-data locations. Logs can contain local device or network identifiers needed to diagnose a failure.

Resetting Settings returns the configuration to defaults. Uninstall behavior depends on the platform and distribution. See Updating and uninstalling.

Sharing diagnostics safely

Treat exported diagnostics and logs as private until reviewed. Do not publish raw logs, IP or MAC addresses, device IDs, computer or speaker names, local paths, crash dumps, or screenshots containing those values in a GitHub issue.

For the complete policy, read the v1.3.3 Privacy Policy.

Network protections

The Sonos client accepts only local HTTP device locations using private, loopback, or link-local literal IP addresses. Public addresses and host names from discovery responses are rejected. Protocol responses are bounded and control requests use short deadlines.

Install releases only from the official GitHub repository or an official store listing.