Autoupdates, spying, computer’s bandwidth being used up by applications that are copying data to some NSA cloud server is really getting to me.

This is the /etc/hosts file on the Apple Mac that blocks some of the unwanted traffic:-

127.0.0.1 192.150.14.69
127.0.0.1 192.150.18.101
127.0.0.1 192.150.18.108
127.0.0.1 192.150.22.40
127.0.0.1 192.150.8.100
127.0.0.1 192.150.8.118
127.0.0.1 209-34-83-73.ood.opsource.net
127.0.0.1 3dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 3dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sea.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate-sjc0.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 activate.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns-4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe-dns.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 adobe.activate.com
127.0.0.1 adobeereg.com
127.0.0.1 crl.verisign.net
127.0.0.1 CRL.VERISIGN.NET.*
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ereg.wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 hl2rcv.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ood.opsource.net
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.*
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.ipp
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.newoa
127.0.0.1 practivate.adobe.ntp
127.0.0.1 tss-geotrust-crl.thawte.com
127.0.0.1 wip.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip1.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip2.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip3.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wip4.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 wwis-dubc1-vip60.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 ui.skype.com
127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com
127.0.0.1 live.rads.msn.com
127.0.0.1 ads1.msn.com
127.0.0.1 static.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1 g.msn.com
127.0.0.1 a.ads2.msads.net
127.0.0.1 b.ads2.msads.net
127.0.0.1 ac3.msn.com
127.0.0.1 www.apple.com
127.0.0.1 metrics.apple.com
127.0.0.1 images.apple.com
127.0.0.1 204.9.163.158 # Skype updates in 2012
127.0.0.1 204.9.163.247 # skype updatesin 2012
127.0.0.1 download.skype.com
127.0.0.1 204.9.163.247/32
127.0.0.1 sa.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 h.msn.com
127.0.0.1 ads.msn.com
127.0.0.1 1800expedia.com
127.0.0.1 xp.mcafee.com
127.0.0.1 svcs.microsoft.com
127.0.0.1 ads.youtube.com
127.0.0.1 s0.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1 s1.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1 googleads.g.doubleclick.net
127.0.0.1 www.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 ssl.google-analytics.com
127.0.0.1 17.158.10.94
127.0.0.1 17.158.28.83
127.0.0.1 17.172.208.84
127.0.0.1 17.172.192.55
127.0.0.1 184.25.210.46
127.0.0.1           aolauth.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           keyvalueservice.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-bookmarks.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-caldav.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-contacts.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-contactsws.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-content.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-fmip.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-fmipweb.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-keyvalueservice.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-mailws.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-pushws.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-quota.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-ubiquity.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p02-ubiquityws.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p07-content.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           p11-content.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           setup.icloud.com
127.0.0.1           statici.icloud.com