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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It's bad that Adobe is collecting the data without informing customers that they are doing so. It's terrible that they're sending the data in plain text, so that anyone can read it.
What can be done with the metadata they're collecting? Who knows. But if they didn't have some plan that will benefit Adobe, possibly at the expense of the customer, they wouldn't have spent the effort to put the data collection code in the application.
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"Hey, HarperCollins, we added code to scan hard drives for pirate editions so you can sue the downloaders."
