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

Thank you for your help. That's really poor security though isn't it? Normally if you give someone access to your account by sharing the password, if you then change it they should not be able to get back into the account? Come on Dropbox that's a massive security hole?

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