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by raxxorraxor 582 days ago
The real functionality of a software firewall is to stop your own software from phoning home.

It is sad, that this has become a normal occurrence. Sometimes they phone home for good reasons, very often they do not.

Although I doubt it can get you into legal trouble if you use cracked software.

You can get into trouble if you have been found torrenting them however.