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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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Jay
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3 years ago

As the device is no longer connected, it wouldn't be possible to locate any information on the device, unfortunately.

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neilBar
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Jay thanks very much

 

neil

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