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5R's avatar
5R
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

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...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    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.

5R's avatar
5R
Helpful | 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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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi 5R, could you send me a screenshot demonstrating what you mentioned?

 

I'd like to have a visual of how your Security page looks too. Just make sure none of your personal info is visible there. 

  • 5R's avatar
    5R
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Here is what I get. 
    Thanks! 

     

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      2 years ago

      Hey 5R, sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that, based on your screenshot, it looks like the initial sign in on that web session was on the 9th of November, 2021 while the most recent activity on that web session was the 16th of November 2021. Does this not seem right to you? 

       

      Let me know if I'm missing something as I couldn't quite distinguish the dates shown in your screenshot. 

      • 5R's avatar
        5R
        Helpful | Level 5
        2 years ago

        Exactly, and I'm puzzled with that. If the most recent activity column lists e.g. the middle of the month how can the same session have started a week ago and remain active for a whole week? How can that be? The session was surely idle at some point in the meantime.  And why isn't the date that session started not listed in that column then? That should have been the most recent activity at the time.
        On the other hand there are other sessions from different browsers which don't show that time stretch, even though they have been handled in the same way.  
        I believe that the most current activity is only a rough estimate and cannot be reliably taken into account. 

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