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⚡️VIDEO: Photojacked - US Government Sues Adobe
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Watch our latest video to learn how Adobe's new terms of service allow it to scan, use, share, and sell user content, sparking outrage among creatives. Despite backlash, Adobe insists users own their content, while retaining broad usage rights. The US Department of Justice sued Adobe for deceptive practices, making subnoscription cancellations difficult and costly. Creatives are now caught between relying on Adobe and dealing with its demanding terms.
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Watch our latest video to learn how Adobe's new terms of service allow it to scan, use, share, and sell user content, sparking outrage among creatives. Despite backlash, Adobe insists users own their content, while retaining broad usage rights. The US Department of Justice sued Adobe for deceptive practices, making subnoscription cancellations difficult and costly. Creatives are now caught between relying on Adobe and dealing with its demanding terms.
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⚡️Photojacked - US Government Sues Adobe
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Adobe, the software company behind Photoshop, enraged artists and creatives everywhere with their new terms of service earlier this June. All users of Adobe products were forced to accept the terms before they could do anything - even uninstalling the program.
The new terms implied that Adobe would scan users content at any time, using AI. It also gave Adobe a complete license to use the content users created, sharing it and selling it to whomever they wanted.
Despite the public backlash, Adobe doubled down by clarifying the terms on a June 10th blog post. The post emphasized that ‘You own your content’, even though Adobe had a extremely permissible license to the content. They also promised not to train ‘Generative AI’ on customer content, and that the licenses would be ‘narrowly tailored to the activities needed’.
US Department of Justice Sues Adobe
Trusting a big tech company with your private data is like putting your head in the mouth of an crocodile.
After all, this is exactly the path that Meta took when it updated its General AI terms to allow for the use of photos and comments to train its AI models, such as the Meta Llama 3. That means your personal pictures train Meta’s AI. This model is now integrated into Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Messenger, and is nearly impossible to opt-out of.
Only people living in the EU could opt-out under the GDPR, but Meta has previously used dark patterns in their apps to prevent users from leaving easily. This includes re-directions, long confusing legal text, having to explain yourself, and provide additional information. It appears that they’re trying to directly obfuscate legal language by using fancy jargon—making it extremely difficult to withdraw consent.
This type of behavior is normal with companies like Meta and Adobe. This past week Adobe was sued by the US Department of Justice for making it difficult for people to cancel their paid subnoscriptions. A year long investigation uncovered deceptive business practices that hid information about a huge cancellation fee (50% of the remaining subnoscription cost) when signing up, creating more obstacles for users through the cancellation process.
Users of Adobe products are in a difficult spot. They’ve built their whole careers around a single software suite which is now being used as leverage to get them to comply with endless demands.
Solutions
This wouldn’t be a #TBOT article without solutions. There are many photo editors and creative tools on Linux.
Here’s a list of software and resources you can use instead of relying on Adobe:
GIMP (Photo / Bitmap Editing) GIMP Books
Krita (Digital Illustration)
Inkscape (Vector Illustration)
KolourPaint (Simpler ‘Paint’ like editing)
DarkTable (Photo Editing)
You can also cancel your Adobe subnoscription while avoiding the 50% cancellation fee. No joke.
Go to ‘cancel your subnoscription’. You will see a screen with the cancellation fee. Hit the continue button.
They will offer you a new plan to avoid the cancellation fee. Choose the cheapest one to switch to a new plan.
Here's the loophole: You can cancel any plan for free within two weeks. Cancel the new plan within this period and get your money back for the first month of the new plan.
You've now successfully avoided the fee.
Users who are invested in the Adobe ecosystem struggle to see how they can replace the hydra of Adobe applications. We’re not sure of the right answer either, but at some point Adobe users will have to decide what bursts the abusive software dam.
Until then we can wait for the Adobe terms of service update that comes with an additional cherry-on-top and pinky promise that they won’t train their AI on your photos.
Read more here.
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Adobe, the software company behind Photoshop, enraged artists and creatives everywhere with their new terms of service earlier this June. All users of Adobe products were forced to accept the terms before they could do anything - even uninstalling the program.
The new terms implied that Adobe would scan users content at any time, using AI. It also gave Adobe a complete license to use the content users created, sharing it and selling it to whomever they wanted.
Despite the public backlash, Adobe doubled down by clarifying the terms on a June 10th blog post. The post emphasized that ‘You own your content’, even though Adobe had a extremely permissible license to the content. They also promised not to train ‘Generative AI’ on customer content, and that the licenses would be ‘narrowly tailored to the activities needed’.
US Department of Justice Sues Adobe
Trusting a big tech company with your private data is like putting your head in the mouth of an crocodile.
After all, this is exactly the path that Meta took when it updated its General AI terms to allow for the use of photos and comments to train its AI models, such as the Meta Llama 3. That means your personal pictures train Meta’s AI. This model is now integrated into Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Messenger, and is nearly impossible to opt-out of.
Only people living in the EU could opt-out under the GDPR, but Meta has previously used dark patterns in their apps to prevent users from leaving easily. This includes re-directions, long confusing legal text, having to explain yourself, and provide additional information. It appears that they’re trying to directly obfuscate legal language by using fancy jargon—making it extremely difficult to withdraw consent.
This type of behavior is normal with companies like Meta and Adobe. This past week Adobe was sued by the US Department of Justice for making it difficult for people to cancel their paid subnoscriptions. A year long investigation uncovered deceptive business practices that hid information about a huge cancellation fee (50% of the remaining subnoscription cost) when signing up, creating more obstacles for users through the cancellation process.
Users of Adobe products are in a difficult spot. They’ve built their whole careers around a single software suite which is now being used as leverage to get them to comply with endless demands.
Solutions
This wouldn’t be a #TBOT article without solutions. There are many photo editors and creative tools on Linux.
Here’s a list of software and resources you can use instead of relying on Adobe:
GIMP (Photo / Bitmap Editing) GIMP Books
Krita (Digital Illustration)
Inkscape (Vector Illustration)
KolourPaint (Simpler ‘Paint’ like editing)
DarkTable (Photo Editing)
You can also cancel your Adobe subnoscription while avoiding the 50% cancellation fee. No joke.
Go to ‘cancel your subnoscription’. You will see a screen with the cancellation fee. Hit the continue button.
They will offer you a new plan to avoid the cancellation fee. Choose the cheapest one to switch to a new plan.
Here's the loophole: You can cancel any plan for free within two weeks. Cancel the new plan within this period and get your money back for the first month of the new plan.
You've now successfully avoided the fee.
Users who are invested in the Adobe ecosystem struggle to see how they can replace the hydra of Adobe applications. We’re not sure of the right answer either, but at some point Adobe users will have to decide what bursts the abusive software dam.
Until then we can wait for the Adobe terms of service update that comes with an additional cherry-on-top and pinky promise that they won’t train their AI on your photos.
Read more here.
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Photojacked, Why Creators Need To Boycott Adobe Photoshop - US Government Sues Adobe
Adobe, the software company behind Photoshop, enraged artists and creatives everywhere with their new terms of service earlier this June. All users of Adobe products were forced to accept the terms before they could do anything - even uninstalling the program.
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Julian Assange’s Biggest Revelations
Julian Assange is finally free. The WikiLeaks co-founder struck a plea deal with American authorities. After more than a decade in prison or under effective house arrest, MintPress looks back at some of the Australian publisher’s most important stories.
Julian Assange is finally free. The WikiLeaks co-founder struck a plea deal with American authorities. After more than a decade in prison or under effective house arrest, MintPress looks back at some of the Australian publisher’s most important stories.
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⚡️VIDEO: Microsoft Recall, Stealing Everything You've Ever Typed
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Watch our video on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 feature, Recall. Part of Copilot+, it takes screenshots every 5 seconds and stores everything you type, including passwords, in plain text. Though not active yet, we recommend disabling it in Windows 11 in the near future or switching to Linux to avoid privacy breaches and exploits. Initially, Recall was to be enabled by default, but after public backlash, Microsoft made it an opt-in feature, adding encryption measures. However, this doesn't erase the concerns about the feature's previous development stages and potential for misuse.
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Watch our video on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 11 feature, Recall. Part of Copilot+, it takes screenshots every 5 seconds and stores everything you type, including passwords, in plain text. Though not active yet, we recommend disabling it in Windows 11 in the near future or switching to Linux to avoid privacy breaches and exploits. Initially, Recall was to be enabled by default, but after public backlash, Microsoft made it an opt-in feature, adding encryption measures. However, this doesn't erase the concerns about the feature's previous development stages and potential for misuse.
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⚡️Hakeem Anwar Joins Fearless Podcast
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TBOT’s Hakeem Anwar caught up with the Texas Boys on the Fearless Podcast recently. He got into how your cell phone is the ultimate invasion of your privacy.
Here are some highlights:
· Hakeem first realized the power of bringing people together using technology when he was tasked with building a Twitter clone in the big tech corporate world.
· He explains meeting activists Derick Broze and John Bush in 2019 and beginning to work on security systems for the Freedom Cell networks.
· He discusses tactics that Chinese hackers would use (overactive spam messages) to make sure people were not able to see event details for the Freedom Cell network in Telegram and therefore would not be able to see sign up links to register for the events.
· How you can use an infrared camera to see how an iPhone takes pictures of your face and environment every 5 seconds.
· How Apple leverages Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT on iPhones in order to leverage training data for invasive privacy tactics (like Apple and Microsoft working closely together).
Listen here: https://rumble.com/v52lj3o-we-need-to-talk.html
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TBOT’s Hakeem Anwar caught up with the Texas Boys on the Fearless Podcast recently. He got into how your cell phone is the ultimate invasion of your privacy.
Here are some highlights:
· Hakeem first realized the power of bringing people together using technology when he was tasked with building a Twitter clone in the big tech corporate world.
· He explains meeting activists Derick Broze and John Bush in 2019 and beginning to work on security systems for the Freedom Cell networks.
· He discusses tactics that Chinese hackers would use (overactive spam messages) to make sure people were not able to see event details for the Freedom Cell network in Telegram and therefore would not be able to see sign up links to register for the events.
· How you can use an infrared camera to see how an iPhone takes pictures of your face and environment every 5 seconds.
· How Apple leverages Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT on iPhones in order to leverage training data for invasive privacy tactics (like Apple and Microsoft working closely together).
Listen here: https://rumble.com/v52lj3o-we-need-to-talk.html
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This week I was on Brighteon with Mike Adams to promote the new Above Book. We've been collaborating on a special edition on Above Book that has Brighteon.AI pre-configured and ready to go. Mike and I had a lot of fun asking it a lot of questions across nutrition, health, and some questions that should really be kept private. It was the first demo for either of us and I think it went pretty well.
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Hakeem from Above Phone demos powerful new privacy-focused “ABOVE BOOK” notebook computer at Brighteon studios
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- Ships with our Neo LLM pre-installed!
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Hakeem from Above Phone demos powerful new privacy-focused “ABOVE BOOK” notebook computer at Brighteon studios
To learn more, visit: AbovePhone.com/Brighteon- New privacy-focused Linux-based notebook and phone features. (0:01)- Linux distribution, AI, and privacy concerns. (5:04)- AI model's ability to answer questions on various topics, including history, botany…
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Worldcoin: Sam Altman's Crypto Tool for Technocracy?
More than a sketchy cash for biometrics scheme, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and friends' Worldcoin project is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for identity and financial infrastructure that could upend traditional finance and governance structures as we know them.
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/06/investigative-reports/worldcoin-sam-altmans-crypto-tool-for-technocracy/
Worldcoin: Sam Altman's Crypto Tool for Technocracy?
More than a sketchy cash for biometrics scheme, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and friends' Worldcoin project is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for identity and financial infrastructure that could upend traditional finance and governance structures as we know them.
https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/06/investigative-reports/worldcoin-sam-altmans-crypto-tool-for-technocracy/
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⚡️VIDEO: Google & Apple Steal 2B+ Wifi Access Points
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Watch our latest video to uncover how using Google or Apple Maps contributes to one of the biggest surveillance databases in the world.
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⚡️Google & Apple Steal 2B+ Wifi Access Points
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Chances are, if you’ve used Google Maps or Apple Maps, you’ve contributed to one of the biggest surveillance databases in the world.
Known for their accuracy, big tech maps can locate your phone within a few meters and even indoors.
No, these big tech maps aren’t using GPS - they’re using WPS or Wi-Fi positioning system.
These WPS systems collect millions of WiFi networks and tag them with locations.
Researchers in Maryland discovered through a flaw in Apple’s WPS that they could gather at least 2B (2 Billion) WiFi location points by requesting WiFi networks at random.
That’s enough points to cover the world’s populated areas, notably China was nearly empty except for a few thousand points. Looks like even the CCP can’t opt out of this surveillance.
Apple & Google have made their users the instrument of their surveillance.
And the things you can do with this surveillance are harrowing. The researchers were able to see how many WiFi access points went offline in Gaza due to the constant bombardment that caused the deaths of 40,000 civilians.
Similarly the researchers were able to see the damage from the August 2023 Maui fires, and the emigration of people from Ukraine to escape forced connoscription.
Apple, Google and any organization they choose to share this WiFi data will have incredible capabilities. Don’t worry though - because these companies care so much about privacy - they give you a way to opt out.
Solutions
Add _nomap to the end of your WiFi SSID (name), Google and Apple promise not to index Wifi networks ending with those names.
Turn off your WiFi network and use ethernet cable.
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Chances are, if you’ve used Google Maps or Apple Maps, you’ve contributed to one of the biggest surveillance databases in the world.
Known for their accuracy, big tech maps can locate your phone within a few meters and even indoors.
No, these big tech maps aren’t using GPS - they’re using WPS or Wi-Fi positioning system.
These WPS systems collect millions of WiFi networks and tag them with locations.
Researchers in Maryland discovered through a flaw in Apple’s WPS that they could gather at least 2B (2 Billion) WiFi location points by requesting WiFi networks at random.
That’s enough points to cover the world’s populated areas, notably China was nearly empty except for a few thousand points. Looks like even the CCP can’t opt out of this surveillance.
Apple & Google have made their users the instrument of their surveillance.
And the things you can do with this surveillance are harrowing. The researchers were able to see how many WiFi access points went offline in Gaza due to the constant bombardment that caused the deaths of 40,000 civilians.
Similarly the researchers were able to see the damage from the August 2023 Maui fires, and the emigration of people from Ukraine to escape forced connoscription.
Apple, Google and any organization they choose to share this WiFi data will have incredible capabilities. Don’t worry though - because these companies care so much about privacy - they give you a way to opt out.
Solutions
Add _nomap to the end of your WiFi SSID (name), Google and Apple promise not to index Wifi networks ending with those names.
Turn off your WiFi network and use ethernet cable.
Read more.
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Google & Apple Steal 2B+ Wifi Access Points
Chances are, if you’ve used Google Maps or Apple Maps, you’ve contributed to one of the biggest surveillance databases in the world.
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We Have Several Exciting Announcements!
1. We have decided to keep the price of tickets for the entire 3-day Activation at £250!
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1. We have decided to keep the price of tickets for the entire 3-day Activation at £250!
2. We are offering a Special Bonus Gift for the next 10 tickets purchased at £250!
3. We are now offering Single Day Tickets at £100! These are available in a limited quantity.
4. Concession Ticket: We are offering an EXTREMELY limited amount of discounted tickets at 200 for those who need a little help!
5. Fast Mover Bonus: We will be offering a special gift to those who already purchased tickets at £250!
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🔥 Don't miss this milestone event! We have something HUGE to share with our community.
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I fear that the vast majority of humanity, including the vast majority of "truthers", freedom lovers, libertarians, conspiracy realists, etc, are blind to the danger of the concept of 5th Generation Warfare.
Social media is the battlefield and truth has been sacrificed at the altar of Technocracy, the techno-tyranny takeover of our lives. You cannot just blindly trust what you read and see online, especially from "independent media" and mainstream alternative media talking heads.
They will tell you what you want to hear, confirm your biases and fears, only to later misdirect you to make you more easily manipulated.
If you cannot grasp this you will absolutely be taken advantage of.
I make no claims of authority over deciding exactly who or what is using 5GW, but I know we are witnessing live narrative shaping around elections, "pandemics", weather events, economic calamities, and other major events. It happens during the big events, and it happens day to day.
You must cling to your critical thinking and reason. And even that can be weaponized against you.
This is why having principles matters. Because if I know, for example, that it is wrong/immoral/impractical etc to use force/fraud/violence/coercion on another human being, AND I also recognize that its wrong even if a government or govt official does it, then I will see through all BS attempts to manipulate me into accepting or justifying the use of violence. Regardless of who is doing it.
Stick to the principles of liberty, question everything, and focus on solutions.
Social media is the battlefield and truth has been sacrificed at the altar of Technocracy, the techno-tyranny takeover of our lives. You cannot just blindly trust what you read and see online, especially from "independent media" and mainstream alternative media talking heads.
They will tell you what you want to hear, confirm your biases and fears, only to later misdirect you to make you more easily manipulated.
If you cannot grasp this you will absolutely be taken advantage of.
I make no claims of authority over deciding exactly who or what is using 5GW, but I know we are witnessing live narrative shaping around elections, "pandemics", weather events, economic calamities, and other major events. It happens during the big events, and it happens day to day.
You must cling to your critical thinking and reason. And even that can be weaponized against you.
This is why having principles matters. Because if I know, for example, that it is wrong/immoral/impractical etc to use force/fraud/violence/coercion on another human being, AND I also recognize that its wrong even if a government or govt official does it, then I will see through all BS attempts to manipulate me into accepting or justifying the use of violence. Regardless of who is doing it.
Stick to the principles of liberty, question everything, and focus on solutions.
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