you'll need to pretty much go back to 7 simple tools if you don't want to be a beta tester or spied upon in this day and age. you'll also need to give up credit cards, debit cards, the internet, your dvr, you cell phone regardless of how smart or dumb it is.
simple fact software of even marginal complexity will ship with bugs and missing features that only wide spread usage will uncover. there is no perfect beta test.
every web site you visit tracks your ip, your general location, time spent on the site, etc
and that's the simple ones. complex, commerce based sites like amazon collect significantly more information.
and that's not even delving in the conspiracy theories with things like echelon, always on mics in cell phones, e911 tracking. (not saying i believe in any of those, just saying the theory exists)
"spying" is simply a truth of the modern world if you want the conveniences afforded by technology.
as i understand it though you can globally opt-out of the "spying" and per-app based on clicking the "this app wants to use your location"
