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Gavin H.4
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
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...
George H.33
9 years agoNew member | Level 1
This is a HUGE security hole. You shouldn't have to manually unlink to force a new password be entered.
The right thing is that if a user changes a password, than the current credentials on ALL linked systems should be immediately revoked, and a request for an updated password generated.
While I'm at it, an option to automatically unlink systems idle for a user settable time would be good - I just checked and I had 4 old cell phones and 6 old computers still linked but inactive - I should have an automatic method of cleaning this up.
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