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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 879450" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Bluetooth has an effective range of about 30 feet. Also, you should be relatively well protected by the fact that your machines sit in a private LAN, protected by a NAT firewall provided by your router. And of course, WPA2 is strong security. It's unlikely that the hacker (if it really was a hacker) would have penetrated that way.</p><p></p><p>My guess is that this happened while the machine was on another network (like at a free WiFi hotspot).</p><p></p><p>You can delete the account by going into System Preferences => Accounts and then select the extraneous account and click the '-' button.</p><p></p><p>Also, while you're in there, I would recommend going into System Preferences => Security. Go into the Firewall tab. Make sure 'Set access for specific programs and services' is set. Then go into Advanced and turn on Stealth Mode. You can also look at your firewall log to try to figure out when this breach occured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 879450, member: 24098"] Bluetooth has an effective range of about 30 feet. Also, you should be relatively well protected by the fact that your machines sit in a private LAN, protected by a NAT firewall provided by your router. And of course, WPA2 is strong security. It's unlikely that the hacker (if it really was a hacker) would have penetrated that way. My guess is that this happened while the machine was on another network (like at a free WiFi hotspot). You can delete the account by going into System Preferences => Accounts and then select the extraneous account and click the '-' button. Also, while you're in there, I would recommend going into System Preferences => Security. Go into the Firewall tab. Make sure 'Set access for specific programs and services' is set. Then go into Advanced and turn on Stealth Mode. You can also look at your firewall log to try to figure out when this breach occured. [/QUOTE]
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