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Adobe Cancels All User Accounts in Venezuela

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 08 2019, @06:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-cloud-is-safe-data-storage-for-everybody dept.

BsAtHome writes:

When the cloud apps are the only thing accessible, then your access is no longer yours. And, apparently, you will simply be cut off. No refunds of any kind. So, no more photoshop for you in that country. From Ars:

Adobe is deactivating all user accounts in Venezuela, saying that the action is necessary to comply with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump. The action affects both free and paid accounts. In an FAQ titled "Adobe compliance with US Executive Order," the company explained yesterday why it is canceling its Venezuela-based customers' subscriptions:

The US Government issued Executive Order 13884, the practical effect of which is to prohibit almost all transactions and services between US companies, entities, and individuals in Venezuela. To remain compliant with this order, Adobe is deactivating all accounts in Venezuela.

The story is also on the Verge.

Using SaaS, PaaS and IaaS is painful if you are on the wrong side of the line. What happens if you turn on your computer in Venezuela, but are not from there? Will you be blocked too? And, who is next? Eventually, you may (will) become a bargaining chip in a fight that is not yours, just because you use a cloud service.

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  • (Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:09AM (2 children)

    by Mojibake Tengu (8598) on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:09AM (#904516) Journal

    While technically Tor surely could be used as an alternative routing, it and any similar method of providing a service to Venezuela from USA will still be a breaking the law, which obviously may have legal consequences for any person involved, especially in a culture where rule of law is a worshiped totem. That's why it is necessary to relocate servers to another country, if wishing to continue providing a service to a U.S.-sanctioned one.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:35AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 09 2019, @04:35AM (#904518) Journal

    Now the real question: will SN provide some workaround for Venezuelan people to enable access to site, say, via said AS15830, which resides in GB?

    While technically Tor surely could be used as an alternative routing, it and any similar method of providing a service to Venezuela from USA will still be a breaking the law

    True in regards with Adobe.

    Looking into the specifics [wsj.com] it seems that the embargo is economic in nature.

    The Trump administration imposed a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela, a significant escalation of pressure against the regime of President Nicolás Maduro and countries including Russia and China that continue to support him, a senior administration official said.
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    The new move threatens to target and impose sanctions on virtually any company or individual, foreign or American, that engages in business or offers support to anyone affiliated with the Maduro government, the official said. It isn’t designed to target the people of Venezuela, including their access to remittances.

    I'm no so sure the embargo applies to S/N but... IANAL. Does allowing the Venezuelan people to participate into a "news aggregation forum" qualify as "engaging in business or [etc]"? Pretty sure S/N does not send any money or other kind of economic support to Venezuela.

    Let's put it in another way: do NYTimes and/or FauxNews implement Internet blocks for traffic coming from Venezuela? Because sure as death and taxes, these two do run a for-profit business centered on providing "first hand news and commentaries" in the first place, it's their business raison d'être. If they don't risk anything allowing Venezuelans access to their sites, I reckon S/N is safe.

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    • (Score: 1) by Arik on Wednesday October 09 2019, @06:20AM

      by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 09 2019, @06:20AM (#904551) Journal
      "FauxNews"

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