Adobe CS3-6 - Can we still use it?

[dapaulio]

Wondfer if you all could help, I read somewhere , im sure it was here that Adobe reportedly instructing organisations to remove all versions of CS3-6 and that no one is permitted to use/install the software following the deactivation of their servers.

 

Since reading this i have been moving schools away from CS and not had much resistance however one of my customers needs a little more convincing, and i was hoping to find the article / adobe publication i once read informing us that all cs suites had to be removed

 

Thanks in advance

[3s-gtech]

Dunno. I activated CS6 offine (using their code generation system, on their servers) last week.

 

I don’t like the changing of licensing terms after purchase (when I agreed to them) so they can rotate upon my neatly extended digit.

[dapaulio]

I am unfortunately advising as a third party and have to be seen to doing the right thingfor legality reason. Regardless on my actual thoughts and opinions on the matter

 

But yeah I agree

[3s-gtech]

Technically it has reached end of support (long ago!) so from a professional angle that’d be the line. Same as running old versions of Windows, Office, MacOS etc, you would recommend against its continued use.

 

I believe what you saw related to Creative Cloud directly, but it may indeed affect CS.

 

https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/05/13/adobe-warning-of-legal-problems-if-users-keep-using-old-versions-of-creative-cloud-apps

[FN-GM]

It wouldn’t be a good idea to use it anyway. It will be riddled with security vulnerabilities.

[dapaulio]

Yes I think it was this I read but sure it mentioned creative suite also.

Maybe it was a similar reporting article.

 

I agree for any out of date the official line is not supported go with this. But schools tend to blur the lines where I am not in a position I can blur the lines.

 

The conversation is easier when I have things like this in my back pocket to evidence and support my advice

[FN-GM]

Yes I think it was this I read but sure it mentioned creative suite also.

Maybe it was a similar reporting article.

 

I agree for any out of date the official line is not supported go with this. But schools tend to blur the lines where I am not in a position I can blur the lines.

 

The conversation is easier when I have things like this in my back pocket to evidence and support my advice

 

The school has a legal obligation to keep data secure. Jeopardising that by knowingly deploying software that could cause a security incident will likely have consequences.

[PotNoodleTech]

It wouldn’t be a good idea to use it anyway. It will be riddled with security vulnerabilities.

 

This - from a cyber security point of view anything that isnt recieving regular updates any more is a no go as it just drastically increased the chance of you being the next hacked school in the newspapers. That argument should be enough.

[dapaulio]

You would think so wouldn’t you!