 Friedman et al. illustrate their model using the example of Internet cookies—i.e., small text files that a Web browser places on a user’s computer system for the purposes of tracking and recording that user’s activities on a Web site. In particular, they examine the design of cookies in connection with the informed-consent process vis-à-vis Web browsers. They further argue that embedded features in the design of cookies challenge the value of informed consent and that this value is important because it protects other values such as privacy, autonomy, and trust.