ElDiabloConCaca
U.S.D.A. Prime
Originally posted by brainchild2b
First of all both of you morons should do research and stop guessing.
FACT:
Adobe New Installers contact adobes servers via UDP port, which can clearly be seen with any packetsniffer.
Yup, they sure do -- they contact home with your registration information you filled out and sent when you clicked the button that said "Send."
Your serial number was not sent.
Your IP may or may not have been sent... it's up to Adobe to choose whether or not to log it. MANY websites do this. Your IP address is sent with ANYTHING you send on the internet -- ANY kind of form. It's relatively easy to determine the IP that something's coming from.
No one is disputing that PhotoShop can contact Adobe through the internet. However, when it DOES contact Adobe through the internet, it's not to check your serial number or disable the software. It's merely a part of Adobe Online (which doesn't send your serial number) or part of the registration process (which, again, doesn't send your serial number).
Does Adobe PhotoShop use the internet? You betcha. Is it for the purpose of determining illegal serial numbers and disabling software? Hell no. Prove it to me.