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 there is no free lunch in computing and cookies are the ultimate example. The convenience of staying logged in is the trade. Your data going back to the mothership is the price.

 

Say no. Not later, not manage preferences. No. It takes two extra seconds and it is the one move that actually puts you back in control of what you have been giving away for free every single day.

 

Topics: internet cookies privacy, reject cookies, data footprint, stop spam emails, online privacy tips

 

GUEST: Carmi Levy LISTENER EMAIL: Rita Kein


Originally aired on 2026-03-03

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.
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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 there is no free lunch in computing and cookies are the ultimate example. The convenience of staying logged in is the trade. Your data going back to the mothership is the price.
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Say no. Not later, not manage preferences. No. It takes two extra seconds and it is the one move that actually puts you back in control of what you have been giving away for free every single day.
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Topics: internet cookies privacy, reject cookies, data footprint, stop spam emails, online privacy tips
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GUEST: Carmi Levy LISTENER EMAIL: Rita Kein
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-03-03

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