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Adobe's security breach undermines their new Creative Cloud licensing model, because Creative Cloud requires an ongoing trust in Adobe in order to continue func
by isomorphic 13y ago
Adobe's security breach undermines their new Creative Cloud licensing model, because Creative Cloud requires an ongoing trust in Adobe in order to continue functioning. A boxed software (or one-off download) model is transactional, requiring less trust. (One can, at least, firewall boxed software to limit potential damage.) Since Creative Cloud is subscription-based, one has to maintain an account with Adobe to keep the software working.
As someone dithering about transitioning from Creative Suite to Creative Cloud, receiving Adobe's letter was a slap in the face.
Given that the breach not only included accounts and credit cards, but also source code, I believe it's reasonable to speculate about potential exploits, including exploits in the Creative Cloud deployment mechanism. Going a little further into paranoia, I wonder if running Creative Cloud is potentially equivalent to running a trojan delivery system. I.e., how do we know Adobe's servers are now secure? Adobe is being cagey about the extent of the breach; the breach may have included internal Adobe credentials that can only be solved by a system-wide nuke-and-pave.
I really want to buy Adobe's new software, but they're making it extremely difficult for me.
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