There is a setting in every web browser that controls which sites can store cookies on your computer. They are a core part of the standard web specification alo

There is a setting in every web browser that controls which sites can store cookies on your computer. They are a core part of the standard web specification along with JavaScript, <img> tags, etc. If you need a reminder every single freaking time you visit a website, that's your problem not the government's. If you don't want them, turn them off in your browser, install a blocking/auto-wipe extension, use lynx, whatever you want. Now, I completely agree that websites should clearly state what they are doing with data the user uploads, if it is end-to-end encrypted, etc. The user otherwise has no way of knowing, and it is material to assessing the accuracy of the often-BS "military-grade security"-type marketing and other claims like that. But there is no need for users to "consent" to using a public API of their web browser.