this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Just create an outbound firewall rule for the Photoshop exe that blocks internet access. That way it can't phone home.
They check the license key hasn't been revoked via a DNS lookup, but not at install time, so often the user installs, uses, then miraculously finds it disabled a few weeks later; then runs to find a new copy/keygen and the whole situation starts again.
(e: they also route the DNS lookup via bonjour if it's running, so you have to keep bonjour segregated from the internet too, which can cause other problems)