On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:12:24 +0100, Sebastian G. wrote:

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> From: "Sebastian G." <seppi@seppig.de>
> Newsgroups: comp.text.pdf,comp.security.firewalls,alt.privacy. spyware
> Subject: Re: Why does Adobe Acrobat 7 Standard secretly phone home?
> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:12:24 +0100
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> Erica Eshoo wrote:
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>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:50:47 -0500, Leythos wrote:
>>> If you don't mind, why do you use Adobe software and then object when
>>> they want their software to phone home for any reason?
>>
>> As a matter of habit and good computer hygiene, I block all "phone-home"
>> requests. I bought the software - not a monitoring service.
>
>
> Since you had the chance to read the documentation (which mentions the
> monitoring) before installing the software, you could have just returned it.
> If you informed yourself earlier, you wouldn't even have bought this software.

My dear Sebastian,
You are either joking, or unrealistic, or you really are a fastidious
personality who painstakingly reads everyt word of the documentation BEFORE
buying the software. I'm not.

As such, I consider myself "normal" that I don't read the documentation
until I get into trouble and then only to solve the problem. Certainly
never before I purchase the software. Even so, I don't recall ever seeing
in the "documentation" that the software must phone home and that there is
nothing we can do about it.

Even if the "documentation" did say that, Adobe would never answer the
question posed here which would block their monitoring of my useage of
their software for their marketing purposes. So, this question would
*still* need to be asked.

Or am I unrealistic?

Since you obviously do read the documentation, unlike almost every single
person I've ever met, before you buy the software - can you point me to the
location that discusses this "feature" in the documentation?