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

> ‘In this article we propose “local-first software”: a set of principles for software that enables both collaboration and ownership for users. Local-first ideals include the ability to work offline and collaborate across multiple devices, while also improving the security, privacy, long-term preservation, and user control of data.’

— Martin Kleppmann et al, Onward!, 2019

https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/

#localfirst #cloud #privacy

Things that could/should be fixed that come to mind re: Texas flood disasters

1. All official messaging from officials about WX conditions in Texas went out to Facebook and X only. (This I cannot fix).

2. Those messages did not make it to local media (that said... so little "local media" anymore). (Again, I can't fix that either)

3. I need to go through and make sure very bot I have here pushing out warnings and graphics for every NWS office is back online. There are a lot of them, and it's a bunch of juggling. (This, I can fix)

#DisasterPreparedness