Virtually no website experience these days is complete without cookies — those little pop-ups that ask you to accept terms before you can read an article, shop online, or watch a video. But how many of us actually manage those cookies, and what does that mean for our privacy online?
According to the 2025 Bitdefender Consumer Cybersecurity Survey, most internet users make cookie decisions with convenience in mind, even as the data those cookies track becomes increasingly valuable to advertisers