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There have been plenty of small companies, but the ones that have been most egregious are Adobe and Avid. Adobe are just a bunch of idiots who have no clue wha
by johnklos 5y ago
There have been plenty of small companies, but the ones that have been most egregious are Adobe and Avid.
Adobe are just a bunch of idiots who have no clue what they're doing. There's a whole story, but let's just summarize by saying they have people working for them who both want to argue about how it's "not possible", yet have zero insight in to how their data is stored.
I couldn't get anyone at Avid to listen even though our company has bought millions of dollars of equipment and software from them, so I walked up to the president of the company at an event and told him. They reacted very quickly and affirmatively after that.
Right now I'm dealing with the government of the local town. I filled out a form on their web site asking something, and in the months since I've gotten emails that have the EXACT DATA that I put on the form with phishing URLs in them. I'm still waiting for the Town to explain what happened and whether the compromise was in Mailchimp, Linode or Sendgrid.
- jonahbenton 5y agoAdobe for 20+ years has been one of the largest data brokers. They know exactly what they are doing.
- mbreese 5y agoI thought it was just due to the (widely known) Adobe data breaches?
- jonahbenton 5y agoOh no no, it's a material and strategic part of their business. Here's a good overview of Adobe's role from a few years ago. They have been in this business since at least the early 2000s. They are like a mini-Google- selling a variety of personal and enterprise products (including "content management") that have "audience" and "optimization" components that tie into their brokering business, in addition to engaging directly with other ad ecosystem players. https://twitter.com/WolfieChristl/status/1198739105275875328?t=26xe9NC22dHG-Fn5f_dEQg&s=19 https://twitter.com/WolfieChristl/status/1198739105275875328...
- KoftaBob 5y agoAdobe's data tracking/ad business is pretty significant: https://business.adobe.com/solutions/data-insights-audiences.html https://business.adobe.com/solutions/data-insights-audiences... Check your ublock on any given website, and there's a good chance one of the trackers being blocked is from Adobe.