Sonos One
Review date: 11/02/2020
Sonos One takes the sound quality of Sonos speakers and adds in voice control via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant for a smart speaker that sounds smart too. Play music, set alarms, ask questions, get answers, pretend like you don't live alone, all with this humidity resistant little speaker that won't freak out during a hot shower in your bathroom. It's not the cheapest smart speaker on the market, but audiophiles will likely approve.
What could happen if something goes wrong
Sonos does a pretty good job with privacy and security as a whole. Still, with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant built in, know that those voice requests are being sent to Amazon and Google even if Sonos doesn't hang on to any of your voice recordings. Sonos did have a small privacy goof early in 2020 when they sent an email to 450 customers and revealed all of their email addresses to each other. To be fair, we've all probably made a mistake like that so we'll cut them a little slack.
Privacy
Can it snoop on me?
Camera
Device: No
App: No
Microphone
Device: Yes
App: Yes
Tracks Location
Device: No
App: Yes
What is required to sign up?
Yes
Phone
No
Third party account
No
What data does it collect?
Personal
Name, email, phone number, password
Biometric
Social
How does it use this data?
How can you control your data?
What is the company’s known track record for protecting users’ data?
An email sent by Sonos to 450 customers revealed all of their email addresses to each other in January 2020.
Can this product be used offline?
User friendly privacy information?
Links to privacy information
Security
Does this product meet our Minimum Security Standards?
Encryption
Encrypts the device itself and communications with cloud services.
Strong password
Security updates
Automatic updates are enabled by default.
Manages vulnerabilities
Sonos does not have an official bug bounty program, but invites responsible disclosure of security bugs.
Privacy policy
Sonos does provide an intro to the privacy policy that contains its guiding principles.
