Saturday, January 30, 2016

Adobe ID Sucks!

I run a nearly all-Linux household, save for a few smattering of iPhones, Macbook Pros, and IOT devices (all 51 of them)

And just upgraded an old Dell laptop to XFCE4 Debian 8 (yeah, mighty 2GB of memory).

A visit to Facebook using Iceweasel (a free web browser) resulted in a popup of Adobe Player being badly in need of an upgrade.

Heading over to Adobe.Com, as usual ..I have forgotten my password.   No problem.  Send myself a new password.   *YOU-HAVE-MAIL*   Cut-n-paste the link to a new browser tab.

And proceeded to enter in new password, I typed in:
  • at least one lowercase, 
  • at least one UPPERcase, 
  • at least one SYMBOL.... 
  • Made sure that my password contains no parts of my email address...
and Viola!  UH?


What on earth is this?  Let me reiterate what the screenshot of Adobe ID said:

"Your password needs to: not include your name or email address."

There's no way to contact Adobe ID at this point.  Browsing their support website leads me to a dead-end (ending with this link).

Adobe ID Sucks!