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neilBar
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

compromised? stolen mac timemachine disk - what does "localdomain" mean in 'connected devices' list?

Hi I'm bit worried, my mac time machine discs were stolen last week (unencrypted) so I changed my dropbox password (and many others) 10 am this morning, I was prompted to check the devices connecte...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi neilBar, the names don't really mean much, since this is the name pulled from the device itself when first making the connection to the Dropbox server. 

     

    If you hover over the i icon, you can see the IP address of the device itself. If it matches one of your own, then it could be another device you have on your premises, or immediately location.

     

    If you don't recognize the device, you can simply remove it from your account. If you're on a paid plan, you can also remotely wipe the Dropbox folder on that device at the same time.

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neilBar
Helpful | Level 5

Hi Mark

thanks for helping

to clarify - 

the device that was listed as connected was "ChristopersMBP4.localdomain"

I dumped it,

Now the mini is logged in connected as: "neils-mini.local"  

not as ".localdomain"

Doyou still think it’s the same device? why the different name and .local -v- .localdomain?

 

I'd love to know how "localdomain" differs from "local" 

Would "ChristopersMBP4.localdomain" have to be on my network? Other macs here show as just - .local

 

I think they could theoretically log into dropbox because of saved browser passwords - its scaring me that someones in my data

 

thanks lots for the help

 

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Mark
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2 years ago

The simple answer is 'thats what your Mac was called at that time'. Updating the OS can change that. There is nothing sinister about it. 

 

If they have access to saved browser info then changing will help but you also need to update things like emails etc. Consider 2FA as well.

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

    Hi Mark

     

    thanks

    "The simple answer is 'thats what your Mac was called at that time'"

    but I never had a mac called: ChristopersMBP4 its lookin glike it was someone else in my Dropbox

     

    and I'd still like to know why it was labelled "localdomain" wheras my others are "local"

     

    yeah I'm doing 2FA where its available

     

    good of you to help

    neil

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      2 years ago
      neilBar wrote:

      Hi Mark

      and I'd still like to know why it was labelled "localdomain" wheras my others are "local"

      Because thats what your Mac was called at the time you installed it. 

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

        Hi Mark

         

        thanks for trying but my mac was never called ChristopersMBP4, there's no Christopher in my family

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