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If I think I may still be logged into another computer, is there a way to log out of fluther on the other computer?

Asked by Pandora (32387points) March 14th, 2016

I was in Germany for two weeks and I think I got on fluther once or twice on my sons computer. Is there a way that I can shut it down from here if I’m still logged in there?
Facebook shows me where I am still logged in and I can log off from my home computer.

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dappled_leaves's avatar

I think if you log out anywhere, then you’re logged out everywhere. So, if you left yourself logged in on your home computer, and you log out from a laptop while travelling, you can’t get in from either computer without re-entering your password.

However, your browser may have your username and password stored, so whoever is looking at Fluther on your home computer can likely just log in as you by clicking Enter.

This is pretty much standard for all websites, including Facebook. Once logged out from any location, you shouldn’t be able to log in to Facebook at any other location without re-entering your password, unless your browser has it stored.

JLeslie's avatar

I’m guessing the safest bet is to change your password and log out. I’m not sure though.

jca's avatar

Log out and then change your password so that only you will have new log on information, unless you’re not worried about your son possibly reading your Fluther stuff.

Vincentt's avatar

I have coincidentally just tested it: logging in on one location doesn’t mean you get logged out at the other. Given how passwords are usually implemented, I don’t think changing it will log you out either.

I think your only option is to wait for your session to expire, or perhaps ask your son to log you out if you trust him on that/don’t mind him knowing your username.

Soubresaut's avatar

@Pandora, were you able to figure out what to do?

Pandora's avatar

@Soubresaut We tried banning me but it really doesn’t seem to effect you if you a currently signed in. He would have to sign out on his end. Another way would be for fluther to block his IP address, but it just seems a lot of trouble for now.
I thought about it, and he really isn’t a social type. He works long days and at the end of his days he will spend hours gaming and spend social time with friends on games. So I doubt he will notice. If he sees it in his history, he will probably delete it and not give it a second thought.

Soubresaut's avatar

@Pandora—I’m sorry to hear it wasn’t solvable in the way you/we were hoping! But I’m glad at least there’s some sort of resolution.

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