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 th

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.