Security hole agreed! You could also use MAC address filtering on your router if you wanted to make sure no uninvited people hook up to play with your mix! I also have a no password iLive login - mainly because it’s a PITA with tweak to have to password login every time ipod touch has gone to sleep/ woken up. MAC filtering solves the problem and gives an improved security level by rejecting all unknown network devices.
We are of two minds about security. We have a wireless access point with password protection, and then the iDR with password, but I also find it a PITA when I want to administer from my iPhone, because iTweak doesn’t multi-task, at least not on iPhone 3GS running 4.1 software, which means I have to tap in the password each time.
The question I ask myself: is it likely that an audience member is going to have the nouse to download iTweak, break through the wireless AP and then log on to the iDR and f*ck around?
I think the answer is that it’s highly unlikely.
I don’t want to go to the trouble of entering MAC addresses, although that’s the most secure solution.
I hope the new iPad app has some more custom functionality for different users; apart from the security issue (‘basic’ logons having too much functionality), it would be good to have a custom screen for the sound engineer to access when moving around the venue.
My system is setup at a school in our performance venue we maintain. 3 times a week (soon to be 5) its a classroom.
My hope with the iPad app and eventually for iTweak is that I can setup logins on a individual basis that allows each faculty to recall scenes and adjust the necessary levels, but while maintaining the important stuff.
I would think with the way A&H markets this stuff, at least over here, to churches and the like that this would be a rather easy and HUGELY valuable feature set to address and improve.
I am also looking for a lot more expanded ACE accessory line (this January?), but that can be another thread.