Someone Else's Collection Appearing in My Library?

gtross
There's a collection at the top-level of my library that I'm almost completely certain is not mine. (My username is gtross.) The collection is called "Food Policy". Before I delete it, I'm hoping to discover if anyone else has had this problem, and if this means that my collections might be appearing in other people's libraries.

Geoff
  • noksagt
    Have you used your library from a shared computer?
  • gtross
    Well, I'm pretty sure 'no', but that's a good question. Could I have at some point, some place, logged into my account from a public terminal, and then forgot to delete my library from that machine?

    If I can't track that machine down (and I'm certain I can't), then am I just stuck having my library exposed to other people's additions and (gasp!) subtractions?
  • dstillman
    Change your zotero.org password.
  • dstillman
    Also, I don't see that collection in your account on the server. Did you delete it?
  • ajlyon
    Just note that logging into the Zotero.org website is not enough to trigger an additional machine syncing-- you'd have to enter your credentials into the Zotero preferences on a public computer to run into such an issue.
  • gtross
    Yes, I did end up deleting it. . .
  • gtross
    Thank you everyone for all this useful information! I changed my password, so hopefully everything will work itself out.

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