The Character of Consent - Meg Leta Jones - Bog

"A timely history of digital consent told through the mundane yet highly contested web cookie: confronting cookies is an everyday experience for weary internet travelers, who click through and dodge cookie notifications each day. As part of an "arrangement" wherein services are exchanged for data, the use of cookies has been justified by notification practices like privacy policies and terms of service, and individuals "agree" to the arrangement by continuing on the site or clicking a box - thereby "consenting" to invasive data collection, analysis, and sharing"--