Why is CCXProcess etc running and trying to connect to the internet?

Dear Adobe*

Why are you auto-launching half a dozen  background processes that try and connect to the internet WHEN I AM NOT EVEN RUNNING YOUR PROGRAMS?

*who are world famous for abysmal security:

https://www.theregister.com/2019/11/07/adobe_sdks_flawed/

https://money.cnn.com/2013/10/08/technology/security/adobe-security/index.html