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.

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@fifonetworks I recommend to use other software. Ditch Adobe.
@roman78 @fifonetworks And in addition to simply saying 'ditch Adobe', check out https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lm51xZHZI6g James Lee did a great video on switching to a different work flow! And for a simple and dumb (Windows based) PDF Reader: Sumatra PDF Viewer
How I Broke up with Adobe

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I forgot about Sumatra. It was my go to in my Windows days. There's even a portable app version. Throw it on a USB drive or a dropbox account and take it wherever.

@MyWoolyMastadon @roman78 @fifonetworks It's used a lot by the professors at the university I work at, since it can open up 1000 page PDFs with ease!