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Ding ding ding!<\/em>  We have a winner.<\/p>\n

Every year around this time, the online community latches onto some story (CS3 icons<\/a> last year; “Microsoft to buy Macromedia<\/a>” before that; etc.) and goes nuts with speculation.  The specualtion is all the more thrilling given that the affected companies are only lightly staffed right now, making it hard to provide a meaningful response. <\/p>\n

This year it’s “Lies, Lies, and Adobe Spies<\/a>“–a story noting that some Adobe apps contact a Web address associated with Web analytics company Omniture<\/a>.  The story is getting echoed & amplified on Valleywag<\/a> (“You’re not the only one watching what you do in Adobe Creative Suite 3… Adobe is watching you, too”), CenterNetworks<\/a> (“I am not suggesting that Adobe is doing anything wrong…” but then “Shame on Adobe, shame<\/em>“), Daring Fireball<\/a> (“Assuming this is true<\/u>, it\u2019s a disgrace<\/u>, whatever the actual reason<\/em><\/u> for the connections” [emphasis added]), and I’m sure elsewhere. <\/p>\n

Whoa, Nellie. <\/p>\n

As I say, now is the perfect time for people to throw around whatever wild assertions they’d like, given that so many people are out of the office and can’t respond.  Even so, I’ve been able to find out a few things.  According to Doug Miller from the Adobe.com team, “Omniture is Adobe’s web analytic vendor for Adobe.com. There are only 3 places we track things via Omniture anywhere in or around our products.”: <\/p>\n