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Jonathan M.5's avatar
Jonathan M.5
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

File opened "x minutes ago" when I didn't open it?

I was looking for a file I'd accessed on my phone, but was having a struggle seeing files based on how recently I'd accessed them so I tried on the web client instead   I was shocked to see vario...
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jhardy2025's avatar
jhardy2025
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

I just experienced the same issue as these users. Can someone from Dropbox please get in touch to look into this for me?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    10 months ago

    Hi jhardy2025, what device are you using and could you attach a screenshot showing the information you're describing?

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      jhardy2025
      New member | Level 1
      10 months ago

      It's a Macbook. 

      Attaching a screenshot of my file list will publish at least the names of my files, I'm not inclined to do that. 

      Here is what happened: I opened my recent items folder on Finder on the Macbook to find that 10 MS Word documents in my dropbox folder on the computer had been opened around the same time a day earlier. It was not me and no one else had access to the computer. None of the files had been modified, only opened. I'm trying to determine if I've been hacked, this was the function of third-party app (although no third-party apps have access to my dropbox folder), a function of something that happened on Dropbox, or something else. Please assist if you can.

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        Jay
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        10 months ago

        Have you opened Word recently and navigated manually to the Dropbox folder where the app might've scanned for those files?

        Do you have any security software running on your machine which could be running scans?

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