**** Adobe! How do I stop Acrobat Reader 8.x from calling home?

[Leythos]

In article <Xns997AACFCEC487nokvamli@208.49.80.253>,
dwrightsr@alltel.net says...
> IMO. Anytime a program is trying to contact a website without the knowledge
> of the user, even if it is supposedly the product's own site, there exists
> the potential for spyware or adware. Why shouldn't that be a concern here,
> if for no other reason than to let other users of that product about it.

If you read the terms in the agreement that YOU AGREED TO when you
installed the software you would see that YOU permitted it to be able to
contact home.

Almost all quality software products that are worth using phone home for
updates, there is no reason to think any of them don't.

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[cmsix]

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:MPG.21143cdaebdb9555989856@adfree.Usenet.com. ..
> In article <Xns997AACFCEC487nokvamli@208.49.80.253>,
> dwrightsr@alltel.net says...
>> IMO. Anytime a program is trying to contact a website without the
>> knowledge
>> of the user, even if it is supposedly the product's own site, there
>> exists
>> the potential for spyware or adware. Why shouldn't that be a concern
>> here,
>> if for no other reason than to let other users of that product about it.
>
> If you read the terms in the agreement that YOU AGREED TO when you
> installed the software you would see that YOU permitted it to be able to
> contact home.

If you read every EULA you'd end up being an anal retentive jerk with no
other life, or even worse, a lawyer.

cmsix

>
> Almost all quality software products that are worth using phone home for
> updates, there is no reason to think any of them don't.
>
> --
> Leythos - spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 to email me)
>
> Learn more about PCBUTTS1 and his antics and ethic and his perversion
> with Porn and Filth. Just take a look at some of the FILTH he's created
> and put on his website: http://www.webservertalk.com/message1907860.html
> 3rd link shows what he's exposed to children (the link I've include does
> not directly display his filth). You can find the same information by
> googling for 'PCBUTTS1' and 'exposed to kids'.

[Leythos]

In article <TaCqi.53463$5j1.42617@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net> ,
cmsix@hotmail.com says...
> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
> news:MPG.21143cdaebdb9555989856@adfree.Usenet.com. ..
> > In article <Xns997AACFCEC487nokvamli@208.49.80.253>,
> > dwrightsr@alltel.net says...
> >> IMO. Anytime a program is trying to contact a website without the
> >> knowledge
> >> of the user, even if it is supposedly the product's own site, there
> >> exists
> >> the potential for spyware or adware. Why shouldn't that be a concern
> >> here,
> >> if for no other reason than to let other users of that product about it.
> >
> > If you read the terms in the agreement that YOU AGREED TO when you
> > installed the software you would see that YOU permitted it to be able to
> > contact home.
>
> If you read every EULA you'd end up being an anal retentive jerk with no
> other life, or even worse, a lawyer.

Before you can complain about something that you agreed to, and not look
like a fool, you should check to see if you actually agreed to it when
you clicked YES/OK/I ACCEPT to the licensing agreement that you didn't
read.

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Learn more about PCBUTTS1 and his antics and ethic and his perversion
with Porn and Filth. Just take a look at some of the FILTH he's created
and put on his website: http://www.webservertalk.com/message1907860.html
3rd link shows what he's exposed to children (the link I've include does
not directly display his filth). You can find the same information by
googling for 'PCBUTTS1' and 'exposed to kids'.

[cmsix]

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:MPG.211514a83d396d5b989859@adfree.Usenet.com. ..
> In article <TaCqi.53463$5j1.42617@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net> ,
> cmsix@hotmail.com says...
>> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.21143cdaebdb9555989856@adfree.Usenet.com. ..
>> > In article <Xns997AACFCEC487nokvamli@208.49.80.253>,
>> > dwrightsr@alltel.net says...
>> >> IMO. Anytime a program is trying to contact a website without the
>> >> knowledge
>> >> of the user, even if it is supposedly the product's own site, there
>> >> exists
>> >> the potential for spyware or adware. Why shouldn't that be a concern
>> >> here,
>> >> if for no other reason than to let other users of that product about
>> >> it.
>> >
>> > If you read the terms in the agreement that YOU AGREED TO when you
>> > installed the software you would see that YOU permitted it to be able
>> > to
>> > contact home.
>>
>> If you read every EULA you'd end up being an anal retentive jerk with no
>> other life, or even worse, a lawyer.
>
> Before you can complain about something that you agreed to, and not look
> like a fool, you should check to see if you actually agreed to it when
> you clicked YES/OK/I ACCEPT to the licensing agreement that you didn't
> read.

See what I mean?

cmsix

>
> --
> Leythos - spam999free@rrohio.com (remove 999 to email me)
>
> Learn more about PCBUTTS1 and his antics and ethic and his perversion
> with Porn and Filth. Just take a look at some of the FILTH he's created
> and put on his website: http://www.webservertalk.com/message1907860.html
> 3rd link shows what he's exposed to children (the link I've include does
> not directly display his filth). You can find the same information by
> googling for 'PCBUTTS1' and 'exposed to kids'.