[LINK] Acrobat phone home?

[Howard Lowndes]

On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 14:37, Irene Graham wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:06:13 +1000  Chirgwin, Richard wrote:
> [...]
> >> According to someone here:
> >> http://storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2911
> >> it's one of the plugins in the "full" version of Reader 6 that causes
> >> phoning home, but unknown which one.
> >
> >Not in my case; I don't have the paid-for version, just the must-have free
> >download...
> 
> I did mean the "full" version of the -free- reader. There's two versions of
> the free reader:
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
> - "Full version: You will receive the full-featured version of Adobe Reader
> software. Recommended for broadband users."
> - "Basic version: You will receive a compact version of Adobe Reader software
> without all available options. This version will transfer more quickly over
> dial-up connections."
> 
> As shown on this page:
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html
> the full version is a 16 Mb download, the Basic Version is an 8.7 Mb download.

What's the betting on the "full" version having "phone home" because
they know you are on BB and therefore likely to be permanently online. 
My money is on the basic version not having that "feature".
> 
> 
> Irene
> 
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