Since I have been posting at FR, I have seen a huge jump in spam offering me green cards to work in the USA. I am an American citizen and don't need a green card, but of course my Canadian IP and residence and my frequenting of American political websites tags me as someone who wants to move to the USA ... I get up to 4 spy cookies from FR every time I sweep with ADAWARE after I've been here.
Define "Spy Cookies".
Cookies are generally speaking text files YOU have given the website you are visiting permission to log on your machine to help remember who you are and what you have done. The key here is that YOU ALLOWED the cookies. Without them, I would have no idea that you responded to this little reponse.
Spyware is much different than a few cookies.
If you don't want cookies, turn them off.