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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by exikyut on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:14AM (#24232182)
Not if they used the lock-$2 verification trick.
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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by throwanem on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:49AM (#24232363)
Disposable, not fake. $5 would be ample for any authorization-based validation scheme I've ever implemented, dealt with, or heard about.
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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by furins on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:32AM (#24232270)
How does it work? Never heard of it before
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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by fennecfoxen on Friday August 21, 2020 @08:26AM (#24234282)
Basically a proxy to the real credit card - then you can switch it off.
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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by gambiting on Friday August 21, 2020 @01:30AM (#24232263)
What does that mean?
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