I don’t care about that. Spyware of any description torques me pretty tight, though. Even a crummy tracking cookie. Anything that phones home without my knowledge has to stay off my computer.
Well, it should be easy enough then... shut off all cookies on your web browser and then install a program that intercepts all outgoing Internet ports and clears them through you, first.
Software phones home all the time, as you probably know. I use the Macintosh and thus, I use “Little Snitch” for the item to intercept all outgoing Internet accesses. I can block everything going out if I want (through “Little Snitch”), but then if I did that, I wouldn’t be on the Internet any longer... LOL...
Anyway..., those two things will do it for you... (1) all cookies off, (2) clear all outgoing Internet connections through you first (through that software)....