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rose_lumenora
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4 years ago

How can I check IP address of file access?

Hi all -    This weekend, I received an email that my files had been moved and/or added to my dropbox account.  How can I tell how they were moved, if they were downloaded, etc?    Someone has ha...
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Rich
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4 years ago
rose_lumenora wrote:

How can I tell how they were moved, if they were downloaded, etc? 

You can see the events that occurred on your Events page. You can see the web sessions and devices linked to your account, along with their IP addresses, on your Security page. There's no way to see the specific IP address that has accessed/moved/deleted a file.

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