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tstone6434
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Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

How do i stop my neighbor from using his remote on my device to mess with me.

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makaiguy
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Re: Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

@tstone6434-

First thing I would do is change the password on my local wifi network.

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donb
Roku Guru

Re: Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

I am curious as to how your neighbor was able to pair his remote to your device.

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Re: Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

I live in a group home and we use the roku app on our phones and this is how one of my room mates prank everyone I have to let staff know that I don't want anyone to mess with my tv we all have roku tv's

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donb
Roku Guru

Re: Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

Oh, you're all on the same network.

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Re: Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

sadly yes and there is no way to change the wifi password or block access roku app on said device on our TV roku needs to make an Mac address block out system like how some game company's can hardware ban a device based on ip address

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donb
Roku Guru

Re: Neighbor is using his remote on my device to mess with me. Can i stop it

Or you can buy a cheap (travel) router and use it as a bridge.

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