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    <title>topic Temporarily revoking file access to a specific device. in Security and Permissions</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Good evening:&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;My laptop bit the dust and is under warranty.&amp;nbsp; My best guess is that the power supply blew, but it's only a guess... and it's now in transit to the manufacturer.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The point is that I do not have current access to the machine having shipped it off to the manufacturer for repairs.&amp;nbsp; As part of the process, I am required to provide them my Windows log in password along with the 48-digit key to Bitlocker.&amp;nbsp; This also means that once they repair it, if they don't wipe the drive data in the process, it's still logged into my Dropbox account.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to "temporarily" lock the machine from accessing Dropbox or will I have to delete access to the laptop and repopulate it upon its return.&amp;nbsp; On a positive note, 90% of the files in Dropbox are NOT stored locally due to space constraints.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thank you for your suggestions...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-TC&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>t_c</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-10-25T09:22:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Temporarily revoking file access to a specific device.</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/Temporarily-revoking-file-access-to-a-specific-device/m-p/724128#M11998</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Good evening:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;My laptop bit the dust and is under warranty.&amp;nbsp; My best guess is that the power supply blew, but it's only a guess... and it's now in transit to the manufacturer.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The point is that I do not have current access to the machine having shipped it off to the manufacturer for repairs.&amp;nbsp; As part of the process, I am required to provide them my Windows log in password along with the 48-digit key to Bitlocker.&amp;nbsp; This also means that once they repair it, if they don't wipe the drive data in the process, it's still logged into my Dropbox account.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to "temporarily" lock the machine from accessing Dropbox or will I have to delete access to the laptop and repopulate it upon its return.&amp;nbsp; On a positive note, 90% of the files in Dropbox are NOT stored locally due to space constraints.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thank you for your suggestions...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-TC&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/Temporarily-revoking-file-access-to-a-specific-device/m-p/724128#M11998</guid>
      <dc:creator>t_c</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-25T09:22:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Temporarily revoking file access</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/Temporarily-revoking-file-access-to-a-specific-device/m-p/724131#M11999</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1760273"&gt;@t_c&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Is there a way to "temporarily" lock the machine from accessing Dropbox or will I have to delete access to the laptop and repopulate it upon its return.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;There's no temporary option. You can unlink the device from your account on your &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/account/security" target="_blank"&gt;Security page&lt;/A&gt; so it can't access your account or any of your files stored online. There's nothing preventing them from accessing the files stored on your local drive.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;When you get the laptop back you'll need to re-link the device by launching (or installing) Dropbox and signing back in to your account. When you do this it will need to re-index your files. If the drive isn't wiped, I'd suggest renaming the existing Dropbox folder to Dropbox.old or similar, and basically start from scratch.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 02:01:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/Temporarily-revoking-file-access-to-a-specific-device/m-p/724131#M11999</guid>
      <dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-25T02:01:51Z</dc:date>
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