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5R
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Most recent activity accuracy
How accurate is the times listed under the 'most recent activity'? Under "Web Browsers", when I hover the mouse on top of the info sign, next to each session's time, it gives a signed-in time many da...
- 2 years ago
Hi 5R, have you signed out of your Dropbox account each time you finish working on the site, or do you leave it logged in permanently?
Closing your browser entirely and rebooting doesn't end the session, as the cookie to login is still active. On my personal machine, my most recent activity shows my current session, and it was last signed in 5 months ago, meaning I never logged off the site since then.
Nancy
2 years agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for posting here, 5R!
Just to make sure we’re on the same page, are you seeing an inaccurate sign-in/activity log for both your web sessions and your desktop/mobile apps? Or do you notice this behavior only regarding your web browsers?
Let me know, and we’ll take it from there.
- 5R2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Both actually. It seems that the "most current activity" gives only a rough idea of what's been happening and times aren't as accurate as posted.
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