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Currency Detector Easy to Defeat
By Chris Ulbrich | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 2 next ยป
02:00 AM Jan. 14, 2004 PT
Anti-counterfeiting provisions in the latest version of Adobe Systems' flagship product have proven little more than a speed bump, but company representatives insist that including them was the right thing to do.
Adobe acknowledged last week that its Photoshop CS digital editing package includes a "counterfeit deterrence system" designed to prevent users from accessing images of currency....
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Scott Pruett
01-16-2004, 08:26 AM
ya know, as much as I appreciate Adobe's intentions here, they should've said something before someone else discovered this. Photoshop is a program used heavily in my field, and for a $649 product, Adobe isn't terribly smart to be keeping secrets like this.... it can potentially arise questions like "what else?"
I'll still support them though.
p.s. this article is a little weak in its facts. CS provides a lot more than just a speed increase.
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There will be plenty of time to rest when I'm dead and gone, until then, 150% straight ahead....
Originally posted by scott (jmu):
ya know, as much as I appreciate Adobe's intentions here, they should've said something before someone else discovered this. Photoshop is a program used heavily in my field, and for a $649 product, Adobe isn't terribly smart to be keeping secrets like this.... it can potentially arise questions like "what else?"
Wow,
I just got latest photoshop 8 & full PDF for 5$ from Ukraine.... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif
Are you sure you not overpaying http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif
Can burn you a copy....
Scott Pruett
01-16-2004, 03:16 PM
$649 is the single-user license for PS. I boought the v.7 design collection at academic pricing & will soon upgrade to CS. I use PS professionally, & I hate to break it to ya Max, but $5 and/or a burned copy is illegal.
Besides, for me, it pays for itself quickly. My software piracy days of college have been over for a while.
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There will be plenty of time to rest when I'm dead and gone, until then, 150% straight ahead....
Originally posted by scott (jmu):
I hate to break it to ya Max, but $5 and/or a burned copy is _illegal_.
Besides, for me, it pays for itself quickly. My software piracy days of college have been over for a while.
http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif Thanks Scott! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif
Sure it is! But I'm poor like churh mouse!
I know, stealing is bad... http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif
And I'm not using it proffesionaly
Please, don't report me Law abiding citizents of carecure! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif