Detroit SocceriteJan 5, 2023
alan 

This is gross. #Adobe seems to have opted everyone into a process that automatically ingests images into their machine learning system. You have to opt-out and you can't do that through the apps.

Here's how you can. Go to:

https://account.adobe.com/privacy

Then, turn off the "Content analysis" option.

If you're not familiar with #DarkPatterns this is one.

#photography #privacy #photoshop #lightroom

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Jan 4, 2023 at 10:42pmWeb
Show threadtibbi ✨Jan 4, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan I think I’ll make an account just to opt out. ☺️🤣
Show thread0xThylacineJan 4, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan And ppl wonder why I banned Adobe from my systems and will go out of my way to use anything else. This is outright theft of copyrighted material. Needs a global class action to put them back in their place.
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Jan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan I got alerted to this elsewhere, and managed to hit the "off" switch for my account. I bought my Adobe kit before they switched to their current business model, thankfully.
Show threadStarryEyedRobinJan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan Thank you.
Show threadC code run Jan 5, 2023

@TheIdOfAlan thanks for this.

Done and done.

Show threadMark Wyner Won’t Comply Jan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan does anyone know if this is true for Figma files as well?
Show threadalan Jan 5, 2023
@markwyner I haven't heard one way or the other, but don't know enough to say.
Show threadJim DalyJan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan Yet another good reason to use alternatives like Affinity Photo.
Show threadIrinaJan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan It does say "This setting does not apply in certain limited circumstances", does that mean they're going to steal some of your work anyway even if you've opted out?
Show threadalan Jan 5, 2023
@irina I haven't dug down that particular rabbit hole, but I wouldn't be surprised if the answer isn't "yes"
Show threadBastianJan 5, 2023
@daphne deshalb darktable
Show threadFelixJan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan
Thank you for sharing!
Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan GAH
Show threadokayherewegoJan 5, 2023

@TheIdOfAlan

Frankly, everyone should have stopped using them when they went to a subscription model. It was obvious back then that they weren't doing their customers any favours.

Show threadBradford Jan 5, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan wow! had no idea. thanks for this. i was also opted into Desktop app usage. Fixed ✅️
Show threadpaulozelinskyJan 8, 2023
@TheIdOfAlan @rubenbolling Is this about appropriation of images stored on Adobe’s cloud service? I don’t see how they have access to images kept locally on a computer.
Show threadalan Jan 8, 2023

@paulozelinsky @rubenbolling yeah, that's my understanding. It sounds like it's any images that are store or synced across their systems.

I haven't seen anything about local images but they could get those in theory. For example, every time you open an image in Lightroom for Photoshop those apps have access to the file and could send it to them.

And, if they got really aggressive, they could actually scan your disk for any images and send any they found that way as well.

Show threadTofu GolemJan 12, 2023

@TheIdOfAlan
I heard about this.

Honestly, it's like they are trying to get everyone to use the growing number of alternatives out there.