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About 7 years ago it was the most affordable USB controller that identify them self as a HID device that I could find to brute force the EFI lock on a MacBook Pro https://orvtech.com/atacar-efi-pin-macbook-pro-en.html

It was really easy to setup and start pushing code to it

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> ...Going forward, we will be building an option to opt out of using this partner ID...

One should be opted out by default and the option should be build to opt in.

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Agree is not a "Solution" but it does not has the impact that most people are imagining.

I am just curious, what would be the right way for companies to tackle this, how would they know who is the family of a regime official for example? Most people's comments seem to be aimed at Adobe instead of the complexity that is dealing with this executive order.

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Students will still have access to the software via other means as usual, the real impact would be on cloud services I guess

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Yup but lets be hones that does not count for side business (rebuscarse) which is often not declared/measured.

orvtech

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As a Venezuelan I am very aware of the population of my country and how even medium size business get their software from (Pasillos de la UCV).

Was your reactionary comment sponsored by the PSUV?

orvtech

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How many of them can actually buy a license with a national average salary of $17 a month?

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They probably ran the numbers and it was cheaper to loose the dozen of legit clients they have there than to put some engineer hours to figure which one of them are government entities.

I wonder if Microsoft will pull something like this... or even cisco

orvtech

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So, inflation?

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lovely, I wonder how much the company that did this for them charged

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I'll keep tipping in cash, thank you.