thanks for your assistance yesterday Pixxxelschubser and this link...the aspect which many find troublesome is that the content access isn't limited to when we're trying to use cloud services such as Generative AI or Neural Filters....it's everyday use of the product on a desktop, as mentioned below from that page:   ---------------------- When Adobe applications and services may access content 1. Access is needed for Adobe applications and services to perform the functions they are designed and used for (such as opening and editing files for the user or creating thumbnails or a preview for sharing). ----------------------   ... View more

But not just "cloud services", right?  As per your link:   When Adobe applications and services may access content 1. Access is needed for Adobe applications and services to perform the functions they are designed and used for (such as opening and editing files for the user or creating thumbnails or a preview for sharing). ... View more

I wrote a little too thoughtlessly.   It would be helpful to allow editing of posts.   [ Content edited by moderator at the request of @DarseZSzabo ]   ... View more

This makes perfect sense, in the case of generative content or neural filters where we are using cloud resources.  But Adobe wants to look at your content, all the time:   Access is needed for Adobe applications and services to perform the functions they are designed and used for (such as opening and editing files for the user or creating thumbnails or a preview for sharing).   The fact that non-AI/non-Generative content is being monitored by their so-called "AI" and team of people (of unknown judgement) is precisely the issue at hand.  ... View more

The issue isn't whether I abide by the TOS, I absolutely do as stated in the post.  The issue is whether these TOS should exist and the problems inherent in any corporate body to be trusted to make good decisions in the matter.   ... View more

Would it be possible to clarify how that addresses anything in my comment? ... View more

I'm not sure the fact that they've been there since 2020 makes it better. ... View more

>I can't really imagine them remotely accessing your computer to examine your files.    You consented to Adobe examining what you're working on at the moment, which seems quite serious enough, given that our professional and legal future is entirely in the hands of a so-called "AI" and a group of unknown people of varying and indeterminate value systems. ... View more

I do not consent to content moderation of work that hasn't been deliberately uploaded by users to Adobe servers.    I am passionately against illegal exploitative imagery...but also, at the same time, passionately against an external body that wants to scan work for such imagery.  Such actions should be only undertaken with the proper legal framework, in which case it would be fully justified.   We've all seen how limited these algorithmic scanners can be.  And given the nature of artistic expression, not to mention issues around intellectual property and the nature of what is considered "offensive" according to social/political trends, there are too many ways for some system to make the wrong judgement on content that will inevitably result in false positives.  Not to mention the ability for Adobe to data mine user content...that we seem to currently have too few tools to oversee or limit.     Of course it's understood that Adobe should disallow various imagery on their servers, but because of the above stated limitations of these scanning algorithms, should not be moderating private content that was never intended to be sent to Adobe servers.     The simplest solution would be for users to have access to versions of software without content moderation, and of course without the benefits of generative/neural features.   Again, this argument isn't some gateway to produce exploitative imagery...this is to limit how much external parties can make incorrect judgements on, and have access to, content that can affect users professionally and legally. [ Revised content inserted by moderator at the request of @DarseZSzabo ]       ... View more

Didn't mean to sound rude Sumeet.  Not directed at you personally. ... View more

It would really be great to stop suggesting resetting app preferences to fix every problem.   Blowing away our sometimes very elaborate setups to solve a problem...isn't solving a problem.   Now telling us what thing in our prefs is causing the problem...THAT would be helpful.   ... View more