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Uneasy Silence reports that Adobe CS3 apps are phone home periodically with connections to “192.168.112.2o7.net” — a web server whose name is clearly designed to look like a local area network IP address (particularly when the “o” is capitalized in “2o7.net”).

…They offer services of an undisclosed type to a varierty of business but I don’t see Adobe listed (not that they are not involved, just that I don’t see them).

Uneasy Silence reports that Adobe CS3 apps are phone home periodically with connections to “192.168.112.2o7.net” — a web server whose name is clearly designed to look like a local area network IP address (particularly when the “o” is capitalized in “2o7.net”).

Assuming this is true, it’s a disgrace, whatever the actual reason for the connections.

★ [From Uneasy Silence: ‘Lies, Lies and Adobe Spies’]

that address goes to some place called Omniture.com (how meaningful). They offer services of an undisclosed type to a varierty of business but I don’t see Adobe listed (not that they are not involved, just that I don’t see them).

Wonder what would happen if you added

192.168.112.2o7.net       127.0.0.1

to your hosts list?

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