Warning: Adobe Creative Cloud Bug deletes Mac user data without warning

Here’s a warning to those of you who use Adobe Creative Cloud on a Mac: The latest version of Creative Cloud that is Adobe Creative Cloud version 3.5.0.206. Adobe Creative Cloud contains a bug that can easily delete important data of the user from your root directory without warning.

The bug in Adobe Creative Cloud was discovered by cloud backup service Backblaze . So, many users faced a problem that their some useful data has been deleted by Adobe app. Upon sign in, a script activated by Creative Cloud deletes the contents in the alphabetically first folder in a Mac's root directory. Because of the hidden root folder that is .bzvol in the root directory, all the Backblaze users are hit by the bug. All the backup service relies on that particular folder only. 

 This caused a lot of our users to freak out, Backblaze Marketing Manager Yev Pusin wrote in an e-mail:

"The reason we saw a huge uptick from our customers is because Backblaze's .bzvol is higher up the alphabet. We tested it again by creating a hidden file with an '.a' name, and the files inside were removed as well."

 Backblaze officials have published three videos that show the deletion bug in action, 

First video released by Backblaze shows how an update or fresh install of Creative Cloud abruptly deletes all the contents of their hidden .bzvol folder:

When the company did another test on non-Backblaze customers as well, it again deleted the file while signing in to Creative Cloud:

When the non-hidden folder comes first alphabetically. It again did the same deletion.

Now, Adobe has pulled the latest Creative Cloud update and is investigating the issue. If you’ve already downloaded Creative Cloud, there’s a simple trick that can protect you from this issue until a fixed update is released.

 

Simply open your Terminal and type :

sudo mkdir /.aaaaaaadobedontdeleteme

This fake folder will protect all your real ones from the havoc currently wreaked by the CC update. 

Cyanogen vs Android

If you're an Android user, you might have heard of Cyanogen. The Cyanogen company recently raised $80 million in funding from Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm and Rupert Murdoch, as it gears up for bigger things to come.

Why are people so excited about this OS? Here's everything you need to know.

1)Themes

The Themes panel allows you to install and choose theme packs, styles, icons, fonts, sound packs, and even boot animations to customize your device. Most of these options are unavailable on typical Android devices. Do you dislike the Holo theme Android uses throughout its interface, or are you just looking for something new? You can change your Android’s system-wide colors and look by installing a CyanogenMod theme pack.

The Cyanogen Theme Showcase allows you to easily browse and download themes.

2) No Bloatware

Cyanogen is a more simple and clean OS that only comes with the necessary apps. There is no bloatware that comes pre-installed with the OS. Even some Google apps do not come pre-installed with the OS, however it is extremely easy to download them from Play Store. This means that you have the complete freedom to install only those apps which you need!

3) AudioFX Equalizer

The AudioFX app provides system-wide equalizer controls you can use to adjust the sound coming from your device, enabling bass boost, activating an equalizer, and selecting presets that match the music you listen to.

4) Root Functionality

Cyanogen does not only provide you with an easy way to root your smartphones, it also gives you an easy way to turn off root access via the settings screen. For some power users it's necessary to become root on their devices, but for many normal users it might be better to turn this feature off and to increase security.

5) Privacy Guard

Privacy Guard lets you control which permissions installed apps can use, and which permissions new apps will get by default. This gives you an iOS-style permission experience on Android, so you can decide whether that app should be allowed to access your location, contacts, and other private data while still using the app. 

Li-Fi internet is 100 times faster then your actual Wi-Fi"

Li-Fi was first introduced to the general public in a TED Talk in 2011.

Li-Fi, a super-fast alternative to Wi-Fi and it's finally moving from research labs to the real world.The Li-Fi technology used by Velmenni in the pilots to send data up to 1GBps.

it is more than 100-times faster than current Wi-Fi technologies.Li-Fi technology uses light waves instead of the current radio frequency to communicate.

The Telegraph's Sophie Curtis said  :

"Light is already used to transmit data across fiber optic networks at high speed.These work by guiding the light along the optical fiber using total internal reflection.so that no information is lost along this way."

It complements the existing Wi-Fi, and also has the additional benefits of greater capacity, security and energy efficiency.

Li-fi inventor Professor Harald Haas

The inventor of Li-Fi, Professor Harald Haas from the University of Edinburgh, has previously claimed that in the future every LED lightbulb could be used as an ultra-fast alternative to Wi-Fi.

In a TED talk describing the technology, Haas said that current infrastructure was suitable forthe integration of Li-Fi.