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Adobe is now processing all your PDFs in the cloud, by default. The setting to “Enable generative AI features in Acrobat” was on, and I didn’t know it until I opened a document and Adobe asked me if I wanted a document summary. It’s annoying to have to click “No,” so I opened settings to disable the prompt.

THE PROBLEM
I sign Non-Disclosure Agreements for many of my clients. Adobe is a potential leak of protected information. I don’t know what Adobe does with this information. I don’t know what they store, or for how long. I don’t know what country (or countries) the data is stored in. I don’t know what LLMs are trained with this data. And I don’t need to know. What I need to know is that they won’t use default opt-in as a legal excuse to wiretap my information.

I recommend that you check your Adobe settings on all devices, for all Adobe accounts.

#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks

#cybersecurity

Screenshot of Adobe settings under “All Tools” and “AI Assistant.”
#Cybersecurity #callmeifyouneedme #fifonetworks
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MrGrumpyMonkey
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@_L1vY_ Welcome to team Tux. 🐧 Glad to have another M$ refugee join the dark side. Here's your cookie. 🍪

As a [very] long time M$ Windows user and IT Consultant, I managed to transition with the help of a lot of folks. Have any questions, I might be able to help. I'm just an average user, but that has allowed me to point newcomers in the right direction. The journey might be rough, but It'll be worth it in the long run.

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@Bob Young I hope this ends up getting them sued. I wonder if there are enough grounds here for a class action lawsuit? I imagine you'd need to be able to show concrete evidence of damages rather than just hypotheticals though.
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@_L1vY_ I've been using it as the primary OS for approximately 4 years. 4 Years prior to that, I was dual booting with Windows. I jumped through many distros, and ended up landing with Mint. Fast forward to today, and I'm using MX Linux on the main host and Garuda Linux on a Thinkpad laptop.
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Wolf Munroe ☎
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Adobe is a trash company. I'm surprised there's an option to disable the AI feature.

Years ago I wanted Acrobat Reader to stop putting a shortcut on my desktop every time it updated (roughly monthly). AdobeCare told me to install another Adobe software (an administrative policy editor, basically) to make the change as I couldn't do it in Acrobat Reader itself. I couldn't make heads or tails of that program.

I'm on Linux now though, so I should be safe. No Adobe here.

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@_L1vY_ I quite like the Cinnamon desktop environment of Mint. It's the most similar, in terms of UI, of most M$ Operating systems. It sounds like you're more technically savvy than most if you were able to install the Linux OS on your own terms. Feel proud of that. I run a Windows 7 VM for those pesky devices that only work on the M$ operating systems. I rarely fire it up, but it doesn't require an extra computer. Just food for thought. Anyway, have fun computing again. :patcat:
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Acrobat (including mobile app) obviously needs the question about providing an AI summary to have not just "yes" and "no" options, but also an option "f*** no, never!"
Unfortunately they accidentally left that out.

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