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neilBar
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3 years ago
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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...
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    Jay
    3 years ago

    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.

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Mark
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3 years ago
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.

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neilBar
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

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

 

 

 

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