Misreporting of whereabouts...

[theclaud]

I just noticed that the Stalker Function (the thing that tells you where someone was last, and when) reported my whereabouts erroneously. It claimed I was seen in Tapatalk 2 minutes ago. This is not true - I don't like Tapatalk and haven't used it for weeks/months, and anyway I've been at my desk for hours, not on my phone.

I don't really give a monkey's, but I thought you might like to know if it's talking bollocks.

 

[Shaun]

Thanks for letting me know Claudine - I'll see if anyone else on XF software has seen a similar doppelganger-effect on their boards?

 

[slowmotion]

Admin, what is this Stalker Function of which she speaks? Is it a CC thingy?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Admin, what is this Stalker Function of which she speaks? Is it a CC thingy?

Glad you asked ... I didn't want to appear stupid

 

[Shaun]

If someone has their visibility setting ticked you can see when they were last online by clicking their avatar and checking the bottom of the text on the popup-out profile card.

For example - FF was here at an unholy hour this morning - "Fab Foodie was last seen: Today at 04:45"

 

[srw]

TC - you are reliably shown as being online at all hours of the day and the night ("people you follow" always shows a future pork chop). Since I assume you do sleep occasionally, is Tapatalk set up to masquerade as you and connect automatically every few minutes?

 

[Shaun]

... is Tapatalk set up to masquerade as you and connect automatically every few minutes?

Actually, that's a good point - Tapatalk could be polling CC and making it appear as if you're online. I don't use Tapatalk personally, but are there any settings for keep-alive or push-notifications? Those are the sort of things that would keep an active connection to CC.

 

[coffeejo]

It did this to me, but without tapatalk's help...

 

[Shaun]

I've posted a question on the Tapatalk support forums - I'll let you know what they come back with.

 

[Crackle]

I just thought you were constantly on your phone everywhere, eagerly scanning CC's every utterance, every second of the day.

 

[potsy]

It did this to me, but without tapatalk's help...

Yeah I remember that, it said 'Jo was last seen in the cake shop' all day

 

[theclaud]

TC - you are reliably shown as being online at all hours of the day and the night ("people you follow" always shows a future pork chop). Since I assume you do sleep occasionally, is Tapatalk set up to masquerade as you and connect automatically every few minutes?

I just thought you were constantly on your phone everywhere, eagerly scanning CC's every utterance, every second of the day.

Hmmmm. I am often around at odd hours, but never on Tapatalk. I just use the mobile version when not at work, which I presume would mean that I appear online if I forget to exit the web browser on my phone. I think I will uninstall Tapatalk, as it's probably using up my battery if it's pretending to be me all night...