Mac OS X Internet Account

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Mac OS X Internet Account

I went on my active sessions on Facebook and realised there was a current session open that said "Mac OS X Internet Account" and the device type was iOS. This problem also occured a few weeks ago. The IP address was the same as my other active sessions. I do not own a Mac and have an iPhone 5C. I was using mobile Safari for Facebook when I discovered this. Is it possible for someone to steal my IP address and is this someone trying to hack me?

iPhone 5c, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on Jul 4, 2016 6:11 AM

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Japib

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Jul 4, 2016 6:50 AM in response to collsx

Hi,

It's nothing to do with hacking 🙂

The session shows up as the name "Mac OS X Internet Account" because iOS and MacOS use the same frameworks for internet accounts, so Facebook detects it as MacOS framework.

The active session is likely the one you set up in your iPhone 5C settings, to allow system-wide Facebook sharing and posting. If you wish to delete the account from your iPhone, simply go to Settings, then scroll down to the 7th group of options (containing "Twitter", "Facebook", "Flickr" and "Vimeo") and select Facebook.

If it shows a Username and Password fields, it means the "Mac OS X Internet Account" session showing up on the Facebook website is not up-to-date (it sometimes happens if you reset your iPhone without disconnecting from Facebook in Settings). If you haven't reset your iPhone recently, you have likely logged-in to Facebook on some other Apple device (in a store, on Macdonad's iPads, etc), and it would be wise to change your Facebook password.
If it shows other options ("Settings", "<yourname>", "authorize apps to use your account"), tap on your name, then tap "disconnect".

Regarding the IP address, you need to be aware that it is possible for different people to have the same IP address (especially on 3G/4G, rarer for Wifi). For instance, in France, I have the same IP address on the cellular network as all other customers of "Free", my cellular provider, which is located in Paris, at the location of the cellular provider's servers. An internet IP is not always unique.

That's it !

James

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