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compromised? stolen mac timemachine disk - what does "localdomain" mean in 'connected devices' list?
Hi I'm bit worried, my mac time machine discs were stolen last week (unencrypted) so I changed my dropbox password (and many others) 10 am this morning, I was prompted to check the devices connecte...
Hi neilBar, the names don't really mean much, since this is the name pulled from the device itself when first making the connection to the Dropbox server.
If you hover over the i icon, you can see the IP address of the device itself. If it matches one of your own, then it could be another device you have on your premises, or immediately location.
If you don't recognize the device, you can simply remove it from your account. If you're on a paid plan, you can also remotely wipe the Dropbox folder on that device at the same time.
Hi Mark
thanks
"The simple answer is 'thats what your Mac was called at that time'"
but I never had a mac called: ChristopersMBP4 its lookin glike it was someone else in my Dropbox
and I'd still like to know why it was labelled "localdomain" wheras my others are "local"
yeah I'm doing 2FA where its available
good of you to help
neil
Mark
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neilBar wrote:
Hi Mark
and I'd still like to know why it was labelled "localdomain" wheras my others are "local"
Because thats what your Mac was called at the time you installed it.
Hi Mark
thanks for trying but my mac was never called ChristopersMBP4, there's no Christopher in my family
Hi, I have suffered a data breach, some backup disks were stolen.
I spotted a Mac I don't recognize connected to my Dropbox account in: Dropbox settings/security/devices.
I believe that the thieves COULD have cloned my Mac using my Time Machine backups to restore a machine, that way they'd have my browser saved passwords. So before I changed the passwords they COULD have accessed my dropbox acct online.
My own connected Macs are listed there as "XXX.local", but this one was listed as "ChristopersMBP4.localdomain".
There's no Christopher here, No Mac here was never named that way.
I am finding it hard to understand what " localdomain" -v - "local" means in this context - if anyone knows I'd be very grateful.
Here's a screenshot when it was connected, I binned it immediately.
All my own macs are connected now - as XXX.local
thanks
- Mark
Hi neilBar
As I said on the other thread there is no difference at all other than what the device itself is called. The names are just pulled direct from what Apple has named the machine. There is nothing more than this. There is no complicated naming convention other than pulling what the device, in System Admin, is called.
- Mark
neilBar wrote:
Hi Mark
thanks for trying but my mac was never called ChristopersMBP4, there's no Christopher in my family
In that case your account has possibly been compromised and set up as a new user (from the stolen drives?).
The names on the screen are simply what the user account/devices are set up as.
Thanks Mark
this thread is getting complex as my earlier one seems to be mixed into it.
you wrote:
"The names on the screen are simply what the user account/devices are set up as."
BUT there was never a Mac on my account with that name - which is why I suspect it's someone else.
I still can't find out what ".localdomain" versus "local" means in that Dropbox devices list, my own Macs are listed as local, but the one I don't know was listed as 'chrisopersMBP4.localdomain'
Any chance this could get escalated to official support please? Unfortunately, I only use a free plan as I don't use Dropbox much
thanks for trying,
I just can't grasp why a Mac name would appear, which I never owned and never set up
This is pretty serious because IF someone else was logged in (I believe they could get the Dropbox password from browser saved log ins) then I really am in trouble.
here's the screenshot again
Neil
