It's totally unclear what you mean.
Kees
Hi there,
My internet has been going really slow recently.
The only thing that I could think of that might be causing this problem was that I had recently been putting all my favourite sites in the bookmarks toolbar.
So I thought I would see if I could move them to the "Unsorted bookmarks" folder.
I am not really experienced with computers/software etc etc so I just started looking around, I came across this tab called "Sync".
It turns out that someone I know (an IT professional) has "Synced" my computer to his email address. If I understand what I read correctly, my computer is treating his devices as if they are an extension of my own. Is that correct? So he can look at what I am doing/have been doing (so internet history) from his computer, laptop, and smartphone?
If this is true, then this would be a major breach of privacy.
Is there anyway that this could have been done unintentionally? Keeping in mind this particular individual works in IT as a network administrator and has a degree in information technology.
I provided him access to my computer so he could temporarily connect me to his network and I could copy some of his files over to my computer.
He also used my computer to quickly check his emails. I considered the possibility that this could be the reason that he was "synced" with my computer, but why would it only list his email address in the synced tab? I have been logging into my two Gmail accounts and the computer has not automatically "synced" with these accounts.
My understanding was that once I closed the "Shared network folder" (I think this is what it was called), there would no longer be any residual connections between our two computers.
Could he have access to all the passwords that have been saved (for automatic login of emails, forums, etc etc)?
If it is the case, that he had deliberately sort to connect with my computer so he can invade my privacy, are there any other things that you would recommend that I check?
Could there be other ways that he is accessing my computer?
After "unsyncing" his email, my internet sped up a lot.
I have Windows 8.1 and use the Mozilla Firefox browser.
Thanks

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