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Practice: the shared computer nobody signed out of
You sit down at a front-desk computer and find it still logged in as a colleague, with their email open. What you do next matters for both of you.
Free, and nothing here is real. No account, no download, and no message, payment, or account is ever actually touched.
Part of Shared Devices and Signing Out Safely. Free, plain-English practice for everyday work technology.
What you'll do
- Discover the machine is signed in as someone else.
- Decide whether to keep working as them, or sign them out first.
- Sign out properly and start your own session.
- Do your task, then step away the right way.
- See what a locked screen protects and what an unlocked one does not.
What it teaches
A computer other people use is not safe to walk away from until you have signed out — and if you find it on someone else's account, sign them out first, then say something.
computers that more than one person useslogins that stay open after someone leavesactually signing out vs. just closing a windowwhat your screen and open files can reveal to otherspeople reading your screen over your shouldera few quick steps before you walk away
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