# Recently Used Devices

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/recently-used-devices/99438
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 13, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recently-used-devices/99438 "2018-10-13T16:22:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recently-used-devices/99438/1 "2018-10-13T16:22:37Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Discourse 2.2.0.beta3 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-2-0-beta3-release-notes/99380):

> [@Discourse 2.2.0.beta3 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-2-0-beta3-release-notes/99380/1):
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> we’ve added a new recently used devices list to account preferences

(Wow, how did this reply just create it’s own Topic? That’s a great feature!)

Recently Used Devices is a really useful new insight into how users are using one’s site, thank you.

Any plans to aggregate this data somehow and present some stats on Dashboard?:

- count of mobile visits versus desktop stat would be really nice there
- count of users only on mobile would be another nice stat ..

Also it raises the possibility of also showing estimated Location stats natively in Discourse core … also as a Dashboard feature showing anonymous geographical spread? … or one exposed publicly …

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recently-used-devices/99438/2 "2018-10-13T20:53:20Z")

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> [@merefield](#):
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> (Wow, how did this reply just create it’s own Topic? That’s a great feature!)

Yeah, trying to reply to a closed topic will do that 😃.

> [@merefield](#):
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> Any plans to aggregate this data somehow and present some stats on Dashboard?:
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> - count of mobile visits versus desktop stat would be really nice there
> - count of users only on mobile would be another nice stat …

I do not believe there are currently plans to expose this. While interesting stats, that is orthogonal to the intent of this feature, which is improved user security. Future plans that I’ve seen discussed (no promises) include an admin report for “suspicious” user logins, and user email when a login is detected from a new location (you likely already get similar emails for services like Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc). Note that the planned suspicious login report will be independent of the current “suspect” user report, which is for users who customized their profile without minimal read time.

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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recently-used-devices/99438/3 "2018-10-13T20:55:10Z")

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Understood. The focus on security is very much appreciated!

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### Author: ![mtan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mtan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mtan)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recently-used-devices/99438/4 "2018-12-26T14:22:39Z")

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@merefield @jomaxro Can settings like this be adjusted to be shown to moderators? How about based on trust level or groups?
