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Adobe's Privacy Violated - Again
Oct 21, 2013 12:37:38   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
I can understand it happening once, but a second time? You might remember the warning letter some of us got from Adobe saying that someone had hacked their computers. Today I got another.

Between September 11 and Sept 17, someone hacked customer information, including credit card info. You can relax, though, because they are investigating. Unlike the last time, they are providing a one-year membership to ProtectMyID.

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Oct 21, 2013 12:40:17   #
Musket Loc: ArtBallin'
 
This why I am glad I do not use CC. I am very glad lightroom 5 is available stand alone outside of CC offerings.

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Oct 22, 2013 08:33:51   #
Wrongway Loc: Hewitt Texas
 
I got the same 2 letters and I ve only had adobe for 3 month I still have lightroom 5 and photoshop and all the other goodies.

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Oct 22, 2013 22:18:14   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
Do you know what a pain in the ass it was to change all my passwords? I'm glad that I changed them two weeks ago and it's after this second debacle.

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Oct 23, 2013 07:02:53   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
jeep_daddy wrote:
Do you know what a pain in the ass it was to change all my passwords? I'm glad that I changed them two weeks ago and it's after this second debacle.

I really hate passwords, especially when a site changes its requirements - like needing a capital letter and a symbol. If I didn't use RoboForm, I'd be lost. The ideal situation would be one password for everything, with a keyboard shortcut to enter it. Alt-P, and it would be done.

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Oct 23, 2013 10:43:52   #
Musket Loc: ArtBallin'
 
Had you bitten the bullet and just bought LR5 outright, this would be a non-issue.

Dont rent the software, especially if they cant be bothered to protect your data.

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Oct 23, 2013 11:51:39   #
James R. Kyle Loc: Saint Louis, Missouri (A Suburb of Ferguson)
 
Hmmmmm!!! "CC" -- = might that perhaps stand for Consumer Crap ???

I make use of Photoshop CS-5.... If I can still buy CS-6 I may.. But I am very satisfied using CS-5 for the remainder of my life.

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Oct 23, 2013 12:18:45   #
jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ
 
Musket wrote:
Had you bitten the bullet and just bought LR5 outright, this would be a non-issue.

Dont rent the software, especially if they cant be bothered to protect your data.


I don't think it matters if you buy or rent. Adobe requires that you sign up with them when you register the product so that you can get updates, free cloud space, and notices. In this process they ask for an email and password. What most people do is use a common password that a cyber thief can figure out how to use on other online institutions like banks, eBay, and other online shopping sites.

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