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Re:Adobe is spying on users and sending the data to its serv... by Cowicide on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @03:05AM (#8419953)
These allegations seem pretty serious offhand. Has anyone been able to determine the veracity of this?
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Re:Adobe is spying on users and sending the data to its serv... by walterbell on Tuesday October 07, 2014 @03:45AM (#8420023)
One commenter on the article confirmed some logging and used the hosts file to stop it.

If vendors keep up this behavior, they will find their apps confined to third-party sandboxes that permit network access under very controlled circumstances.

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