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A major Instagram security bug leaked users passwords as plain text

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According to a report on The Information Instagram has experienced a pretty major security bug which allowed user passwords to be displayed in plain text. The issue arose, ironically, over the feature which allows users to see exactly what personal data Instagram has collected about them. Yes, the “Download your data” feature could potentially let anybody download your data, if you access the feature on a public computer, thanks to the bug.

The Download your Data feature was introduced last April in order to comply with new European data privacy regulations (the GDPR) as well as to keep users around the world, who are becoming more and more security & privacy conscious since the Facebook revelations over the last couple of years.

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Adobe releases update for Premiere Pro to stop it blowing up your MacBook Pro speakers

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Earlier this month, the news that Premiere Pro was blowing speakers in MacBook Pro computers, to the tune of a $600 Apple repair (what?!?) escaped the Adobe forums and became common knowledge. The bug would cause users to suddenly hear loud or distorted audio, often while working on a video’s audio tracks. But this wasn’t just a “reload Premiere Pro and it’s fine again” problem. It caused permanent damage.

Adobe was aware of the problem and the initial solution was to simply disable the microphone input in Premiere Pro. But now, they have now released a fix, with a new 13.0.3 update to Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

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If you use Premiere Pro on a MacBook Pro, stop now – It could blow your speakers

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It seems that there’s something a little off with the latest release of Premiere Pro for users running on a MacBook Pro. After a user posted to the Adobe Forums that Premiere Pro seemed to have blown the speakers on his 2-month-old 2018 MacBook Pro, other users responded with similar reports.

Andripeetso claims that while working on a project in Premiere Pro with the volume set to about half, he suddenly heard a loud screeching noise, and when it stopped the speakers were very quiet. Upon restarting, he says they were clearly blown.

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Instagram accidentally switched to a horizontal feed in latest update and the Internet was not happy

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In an accidental update today, a feature Instagram was testing made it out into the wild, and the Internet sure responded. In the space of 15 minutes, I must’ve counted 20 posts going up my Facebook feed from people wondering what the hell was up with Instagram, with a horizontal “tap-to-view” feed.

Now, Instagram boss, Adam Mosseri says it was just a small test that “went broad by accident”. Looking at the feedback online, I think they’ll likely decide their test has run its course and failed. The app has been rolled back to its pre-screwup state, although a few users are still reporting issues.

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This guy is suing Adobe for $250,000 claiming Premiere Pro deleted his work

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A freelance videographer by the name of Dave Cooper is suing Adobe for the deletion of around 100,000 digital video clips totalling around 500 hours. After upgrading to Premiere Pro 2017 v11.1.0 in April of last year, he claims that a bug caused the deletion of video clips that cost him around $250,000 to create.

He says that the bug exists in the “clean cache” feature which deletes temporary files and backups created during the editing process. And Adobe has actually acknowledged this bug, but I can’t help but feel there’s quite a bit of user error here.

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If lens == Sigma and body == Canon then error

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When you get a third party lens, there is a concern that it will not always be compatible with your camera. I mean Canon, Nikon and the likes have no obligation to make their bodies work with third party lenses.

Now Sigma has actually found an incompatibility with some Canon bodies, and issued an incompatibility warning, most notably with the new Canon EOS 5DmkIV, they also released a workaround:

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Updated: Adobe’s latest Creative Cloud update is deleting user files from computers

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Uh oh. Adobe Creative Cloud users who rely on cloud syncing service Backblaze right want to keep an eye out on their information. Reports have come up showing that a recently-released update to Creative Cloud can delete data without any sign of malfunction.

Adobe has since stopped pushing the update to users, but if you’ve recently updated Creative Cloud, it’s possible the bug could affect your backups and information.[Read More…]

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