Adobe Photoshop Tryout Version

arn · Sep 26, 2002, 07:01 PM

http://www.adobe.com/products/tryado...tml#product=39

blackpeter · Sep 26, 2002, 08:11 PM

Thanks. Downloading it now.

Pismo · Sep 26, 2002, 11:28 PM

It'll be a matter of days before someone cracks the trial version. I wonder if Adobe has taken extreme measures to prevent this from happening.

phil c · Sep 27, 2002, 10:06 AM

Adobe have built in remote monitoring of your serial number on their new products so they can scan you while the apps are running - so to any prospective crackers out there - dont say you werent warned (and yes - i know theres a workaround but whats the point)

mnkeybsness · Sep 27, 2002, 02:11 PM

they can only scan if you connect to their servers to register the product, otherwise it's invasion of privacy and then the feds would shut their asses down

big · Sep 27, 2002, 09:30 PM

>......and then the feds would shut their asses down

sweeeeeet

phil c · Sep 28, 2002, 06:26 AM

not quite that simple im afraid - they can scan you if your connected to the internet while running ps7 or ai10 regardless of whether yur registering or not.

Lz0 · Sep 30, 2002, 12:53 AM

phil c, I'd like to see some documented proof that Adobe is up to such tricks, and if they were I would hope "the feds would shut their asses down".

phil c · Sep 30, 2002, 04:54 AM

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Originally posted by Lz0
phil c, I'd like to see some documented proof that Adobe is up to such tricks, and if they were I would hope "the feds would shut their asses down".

hey you want proof - run ps7 or ai 10 on a pc while your internet connection is up and watch out for that sneaky connection icon that appears in the extreme bottom left of the app window indicating a server connection to adobe. As to the legality of adobe doing this - im sure it probably is illegal but the burden of proof would be on the user as i imagine there would be a multitude of 'grey' areas that adobe could claim they were monitoring your software for.

Sep 26, 2002, 07:01 PM	#1
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	Adobe Photoshop Tryout Version http://www.adobe.com/products/tryado...tml#product=39

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mnkeybsness macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Moneyapolis, Minnesota	they can only scan if you connect to their servers to register the product, otherwise it's invasion of privacy and then the feds would shut their asses down __________________ Scribbls - a collaborative drawing community designed to combine drawings into outcomes—no talent required.

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big macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2002	>......and then the feds would shut their asses down sweeeeeet __________________ akk

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Sep 26, 2002, 08:11 PM	#2
blackpeter macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2001	Thanks. Downloading it now.

Sep 26, 2002, 11:28 PM	#3
Pismo macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NH	It'll be a matter of days before someone cracks the trial version. I wonder if Adobe has taken extreme measures to prevent this from happening.

Sep 27, 2002, 10:06 AM	#4
phil c macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK	Adobe have built in remote monitoring of your serial number on their new products so they can scan you while the apps are running - so to any prospective crackers out there - dont say you werent warned (and yes - i know theres a workaround but whats the point)

Sep 28, 2002, 06:26 AM	#7
phil c macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK	not quite that simple im afraid - they can scan you if your connected to the internet while running ps7 or ai10 regardless of whether yur registering or not.

Sep 30, 2002, 12:53 AM	#8
Lz0 macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Melbourne	phil c, I'd like to see some documented proof that Adobe is up to such tricks, and if they were I would hope "the feds would shut their asses down".