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Adobe Introduces the Paid Security Fix

Posted by timothy on from the sure-would-be-a-shame-if-somethin'-was-ta-happen dept.

Nimey writes "Adobe has posted a security bulletin for Photoshop CS5 for Windows and OSX. It seems there is a critical security hole that will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application. Adobe's fix? You need to pay to upgrade to Photoshop CS6. For users who cannot upgrade to Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe recommends users follow security best practices and exercise caution when opening files from unknown or untrusted sources."

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  1. Call it the Microsoft method by zeroryoko1974 · · Score: -1, Troll

    If it's broken, get them to buy something to fix it.

    1. Re:Call it the Microsoft method by turbidostato · · Score: 0, Troll

      "Sorry but Microsoft does the best at offering security fixes at no cost."

      No: Microsoft does the best at selling to gullible people that are grateful of being sold a defective product now on an "I'll fix it later if I'm in good mood" basis.

      Microsoft is not "offering security fix for no cost": they are selling you "knowingly defective products at a high cost".

      I for one would expect from *any* serious company to cover for production defects forever and for any serious legislation to force them to that if they don't want to: after all the defects were there the day the product abandoned the mill. "Oh, but that was 100 years ago!" Well, you are still in business, don't you? Then, if you sold it defective, you pay for the repair.

      I'm not asking for adding, say, WiFi support to Windows 95; I'm saying you repair all the from-origin defects Windows 95 has. To "Oh! but then I would have to support Windows 95 forever" I say, "Not, if you sold a proper product to start with". You cut corners to be able to launch the product earlier and you already won your legit share out of that. Now it's time the return the corners you cut.

  2. Re:Glad I'm using the GIMP... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No one who paid for CS5 is going to pirate CS6. They'll either keep using CS5, or their pay for an upgrade. This isn't really consumer-level software.

    Your post is almost as dumb as the parent who things GIMP does almost as much as PS. What a gimp.

  3. Re:Car analogy by Grishnakh · · Score: -1, Troll

    They're not forcing you to keep vital information on the same computer you use their software on. If you don't trust their software, run it on a separate computer from the vital information. Or maybe even keep it non-networked.

    If a house builder sells you a house with a lock that someone figures out how to pick, is he responsible when someone picks the lock, invades and rapes your wife? Of course not. Good luck winning any kind of lawsuit over a picked lock. Exploiting a security defect in software is just like picking a lock, yet we all use extremely easily-picked locks to protect our homes from intruders. Go ask a locksmith how hard it is to pick a modern lock; I've seen them do it, it's really quite simple when you have the right tools.

    If having secure software is important to you, then you should buy from a vendor that supports their software with security updates for a period that you consider reasonable. If Adobe isn't cutting it, then find another vendor.