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Gavin H.4
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Password changed but user still has access?

Hi - I have a dropbox account which I share with a few people. In effect a single dropbox login and a few people know the password. Some of these access it via the dropbox App. I have changed the pas...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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11 years ago

Normally you wouldn't give somebody access to your account though - its basic security. Would you give them access to your email? No. By giving them your password they could do ANYTHING at all to your account and you'd have no come back at all - permanently delete files, remove your access, change the password/emails, anything. And as you've given them your security you have basically made them co-owner and allowed them to do it.

Especially when there are inbuilt features to enable you to not need to do that (shared folders)

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