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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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Mark
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9 years ago

the old credentials are still valid across a reboot, at least on windows, and I suspect other platforms as well. 

It is, thats right, because Dropbox doesnt run on passwords - as was said, it runs on tokens. 

As far as tracking lost/stolen devices - I don't see how dropbox can help there anyway.

If a device logs in it keeps a record of the IP address. And I believe you can get security software that auto uploads images to Dropbox if people use/steal devices etc. 

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