A range of cloud storage and social services They keep extremely useful records of when, where and from what devices the account was logged in. The importance of this data can hardly be overestimated if you have lost, sold, given away for use or left your smartphone, tablet, or computer unattended. In this article, you will learn how to find information about the use of your network profiles in your Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Facebook, VK and Odnoklassniki accounts.
The urgency of the problem is not due to hackers in order to hack your account and empty your wallets. We all live in a society whose representatives periodically find it very interesting to stick their nose into something that’s not their own business. A roommate, colleague or travel companion can use your device and simply read correspondence on social networks, mailbox or take one look at the contents of the cloud drive. Coming up with complex passwords and enabling two-factor authentication may not help here. Therefore, it is worth checking whether someone periodically “sucks” into confidential information without your knowledge.
Recently updated settings Google account included a section “Devices and actions”. The page displays all devices that have connected to the profile during the last four weeks.
Check if the mobile device you logged in from belongs to you? Do you remember if you logged into your account at night or during long trips? Please note, are you logged in from your usual browser? Analyze whether the access was made from the right IP addresses, that is, geographical locations?
If you notice anything suspicious, block access to your profile for gadgets on Android or iOS, or update your security settings if abnormal activity was carried out through your computer.
Billion-strong community of the most popular social network loves to correspond, share photos and videos, but rarely cares about the security of personal information. In vain, because Facebook pays great attention to privacy, for which an impressive menu of security settings is reserved. Among them there is the option “ Where did you log in from?" The proposed list includes both desktop browsers and mobile applications, separately including Messenger.
"In contact with"
The Runet is full of requests for hacking VK accounts, because this social network is the most widespread in our area. Therefore, it would not be amiss to at least occasionally look into the section “ Activity history", which is located on the "Security" tab of the service settings. By default, you will only be shown the latest activity, but below it there is a link to the full table of running sessions.
"Classmates"
Often, Runet users duplicate all the milestones of their eventful lives for their fellow deskmates. Odnoklassniki, along with other time wasters, are trying to improve the security level of their fans. Why are they just “trying”? Take a look at their " List of connections for the last 30 days", and you will understand. Quite stingy, because it would be nice to supplement the IP and login time with the device type. We hope the situation improves in the near future.
Microsoft
Link "Recent activities" account security settings Microsoft records looks less attractive than Google's, but is more rich in content. Why? You are asked to evaluate a more detailed list of actions. For example, you will learn that someone tried to guess the password for your profile.
A detailed description of the actions is presented in the corresponding service help.
The “It wasn’t me” button lets Microsoft know that an attacker may have accessed the account. Therefore, you will be prompted to strengthen your security measures by changing your password and updating your security information.
The popular solution for remote storage and synchronization of data between devices also has on board a tool for monitoring access to a cloud disk. Go to Dropbox settings and switch to the security tab. This will show you completed sessions and login devices. In addition, you will find out which applications have been connected to the profile. In a couple of mouse clicks, you can disable access to your account for third-party utilities and mobile devices.
Unfortunately, hacking of pages on social networks is not uncommon. Moreover, attackers do not always change passwords and deprive you of access. Often they simply perform various actions on your behalf from time to time, for example, sending spam, and in some cases they simply monitor your correspondence, which is also not good. Therefore, it is extremely important to detect vulnerabilities in time and take action. Let's talk about this.
Browsing history
Large social networks have long created special sections for their members in which they store basic information about the devices from which you access the site. I recommend that you periodically review this data so that if anything happens you can take action.
What to look for?
First of all, on IP addresses and entry points.
Example. You have been in Tver all month, and another city, for example, London, has appeared among the connection points.
What actions should you take?
- Check the host file and machine for viruses.
- Change your passwords to more complex ones
- Notify the social network administration about the suspicious entry point.
Well, now I’ll tell you how to find your browsing history on different sites.
Classmates
To get into your browsing history in Odnoklassniki, you need to click on “ change settings"under the main photo of the page, then select " Browsing history».
I also advise you to pay attention to the link “ Logging out from other devices" Clicking on it is possible only when you opened Odnoklassniki on several computers, phones or tablets and at the same time forgot to correctly exit the social network (simply closed the browser window instead of clicking on the link " Exit").
In contact with.
The history of visits on VKontakte is hidden in the “ Settings" Go to it and select the section “ Safety" Click on the link " Show activity history" This is where the information you are looking for is hidden. Please note that on the " Safety", you can also end all sessions (exit VKontakte) from all computers, tablets and phones with one click.
Facebook.
Click on the gears in the right corner and select “ Settings" Now in the left side menu you need to select “ Security" The information of interest is located after the heading “ Active sessions»
Google+
(as well as (Gmail) and other services from Google)
Yandex Mail.
Scroll the page to the end. Approximately in the middle there is a link “ Last entrance" This is the story.
Odnoklassniki browsing history, what is it and how to find it out? This question is asked by many social network users.
It's not just the browser that saves your search history. For security purposes, Odnoklassniki stores the data of each user visit. Thanks to history keeping, the account owner has the opportunity to track his own visits. This is very practical, because now every network participant can easily determine whether outsiders have access to their page.
You can view the history of recent sessions with your profile in 2 ways. First you need to, then use one of the proposed options:
The page will display a list of connections for the last 30 days. It provides additional information about the user's visits. The list contains information such as:
What does dynamic IP mean? Each time you connect to the network, the address will change and show the names of different cities. Using special services on the Internet, you can check the type of address by comparing it before and after turning off the router. Everything is ok if data change occurs. But if you know that the IP address is static and the city is specified incorrectly, it’s time to raise the alarm and change your profile password. 
REFERENCE. How to clear your browsing history? It is impossible to delete it yourself in Odnoklassniki. The site automatically clears the history of old information and updates its list with new connections. Data storage period is 30 days.
How to change your password
If you suspect that someone else is using your profile, then for security purposes you should change the password. This process takes 2 minutes, after which you can continue to actively use the service.
REFERENCE. If you have previously used someone else's device to visit personal profile online or watching videos, you should use the “Close all other connections” function. After confirming your actions and entering your password, access to your account on other devices will be blocked.
Browsing history is a practical function. This is a kind of security system that allows you to protect personal data and control profile activity. After all, at any time in the settings you can check whether an outsider has access to your account or not.
Problems information security— it’s not just data leaks caused by computer viruses, spyware or hackers, very often we ourselves are to blame for this - by losing it, giving it away, or simply leaving a computer, smartphone or tablet on the desktop. And no passwords will help in this case: firstly, few people can predict such a situation, and secondly, entering a password every time is quite inconvenient and simply lazy. Curious employees and colleagues, a jealous girlfriend, relatives, or even a boss can act as “spies.” In any case, even a small leak of information never leads to anything good, so be alert and do not relax.
If it is impossible to guarantee the purity of access to your account, then you should at least check from time to time: is anyone connecting to your account? Currently, most popular web services necessarily have tools for tracking and checking access to a user’s profile. Therefore, it is very important to know where the options for viewing this information are located in each of the services in order to check the access list in the profile from time to time:
- Dropbox– access to cloud storage this is the most important part of security, since very often it is stored in the cloud important information and files. You can check data about the time, place and device from which all logins to your account were made in the settings section. There is a special tab with access data, which describes all connected applications and recent login sessions. If you are not sure about the operation or access rights of any applications or devices presented on this page, use the appropriate option to simply disable access to the profile for these devices.
- Google. This service was one of the first to introduce the idea of access monitoring. Currently, almost every user of an email or cloud service knows where the time, IP address and type of browser from which access to account pages is recorded. Not long ago, this list was expanded and a “Devices and Actions” section appeared in it. Connection data for the last 4 weeks is displayed here. In principle, it is not difficult to remember or even write down several familiar IPs or once a month to look at the names of the browsers from which you logged in. If in doubt, you can remember the approximate time of the last access, or specifically record the date, time, browser and IP, and then check the data after some time. The presence of an unfamiliar number will be immediately noticeable. What to do next? Deny access to the profile from certain devices, update the antivirus, access settings and be sure to change the password.
- — as in Google services, the issue of user safety here is a matter of principle. The largest social network in the world cannot neglect privacy and therefore offers a “Where are you logged in” tab to check your access sessions. By opening this page, you can view all recent sessions, and for each of them the time, type and name of the browser, as well as the mobile and IP application used will be indicated.
- Microsoft– offers its clients not only to see all recent actions and access points, but also details each event, indicates the IP address, displays auxiliary devices, applications and requests. In case of unauthorized presence, just click on the “It wasn’t me” option and thus inform company representatives about unauthorized access. Next comes the standard procedure for updating the security system, introducing additional measures to prevent unauthorized access and changing the password. In general, of all the services described here, Microsoft offers the most informative and detailed, as befits a reputable company.
- Odnoklassniki and VKontakte- two domestic social networks also offer their users the ability to monitor access to account pages, but they do it in different ways: Odnoklassniki - sparingly offer a list of “Connections in 30 days”, which only contains login time and IP, and the developers of the VKontakte network - came up to the question in more detail, providing more information. Therefore, by looking at the “Activity History” tab in the security settings of your VKontakte profile, you can see the full list of sessions, time, browser type, as well as devices or applications that were used to log in.
Also, do not forget to monitor the safety and security of your account on Apple Icloud. Recently there was a data leak from this service and many private photos of famous people were leaked.
By the way, if you need to repair Apple equipment, then using the picture you can go to the website of specialists who repair such products.
In most cases, to detect a “spy”, the offered data is quite enough, the rest is a matter of technique: do not forget to turn off the computer if you go out even for a short time, choose your password more carefully, immediately block access to the profile from stolen or lost mobile device, do not allow others to use your profile, look through the lists of connections a couple of times a month, check the approximate time, IP, names of browsers and applications. This entire set of actions does not take much time and does not require special skills, but allows you to maintain confidentiality and security at an acceptable level.
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Since the popularity of Facebook in Russia is constantly growing, it will be useful to learn how to secure your account on this social network.
Very often we are asked questions on the forum regarding the history of visits to the website ok.ru. In this article we will look into this topic and briefly talk about how to protect your page from hacking and other troubles.
What is browsing history
On this page all data is stored (logs) about the latest connections to your personal page on the OK.ru social network. You can view the following information in the logs:
- What device was used to log in (mobile browser or desktop);
- which applications have access to it;
- country and sometimes region;
- user ip address;
- entry date - date and time.
Where to view the full story
The entire history of logins to your profile is stored on servers social network. You can view it in the menu. Follow the link under the “My Settings” avatar, then go to the “Visit History” section.
On this page you will see data about the latest connections for a month (30 days). The system itself can sometimes tell you which logs are suspicious and give advice on them.
Thus, you can see who, when and from what IP visited your page. If you see suspicious activity on it, you can safely change your password for your social network account and the email address that is linked to it.
It is worth noting that if you then use the address displayed there, most likely it will not display your data. Often, proxies connect the user using the IP address of another country, as shown in the screenshot below.
Logging out from other devices
If you do not use a proxy or VPN on your computer or smartphone, then we recommend that you log out of your account on all devices.
Scroll to the bottom of the login information page and find the section with the “Close all other connections” button. Click on it and confirm the action using your password.
The article was updated and supplemented: 01/10/2020.
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