NEW - You Have Been Saying Yes to Internet Cookies. Here Is What That Actually Costs You.

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Mar 4, 2026 · 8m

Internet cookies are on every website you visit and you have been saying yes to all of them. You click through that popup in half a second because it is easier and you just want to get to the page. You have done it a hundred times today without thinking. The question is what you have been quietly handing over each time.

What would it feel like to know that right now, somewhere, between 20 and 55 companies are storing files on your device from a single website visit? Not theoretical companies. Real ones, tracking what you looked at, how long you stayed, and where you went next. Carmi Levy says…