meejle@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoDoes Adobe realise that by constantly "disabling" my pirated Photoshop, they're just ensuring I always have the latest and greatest version?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareDoes Adobe realise that by constantly "disabling" my pirated Photoshop, they're just ensuring I always have the latest and greatest version?meejle@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSaltySalamander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoUnless I’m missing something, the only reason Adobe even could disable your pirated Photoshop is if you haven’t blocked the application from accessing the internet in your firewall. C’mon, that’s basic stuff. =)
minus-squareTheElectroness@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSadly, they do license key checking via a DNS lookup, and not all application-level firewalls block DNS.
Unless I’m missing something, the only reason Adobe even could disable your pirated Photoshop is if you haven’t blocked the application from accessing the internet in your firewall. C’mon, that’s basic stuff. =)
Sadly, they do license key checking via a DNS lookup, and not all application-level firewalls block DNS.