MY TAKE: Have you noticed how your phone’s AI assistant is starting to remap what you trust?

AI assistants like Google's Gemini are quietly remapping smartphone interfaces without user consent, transforming basic hardware controls into AI engagement points. This shift represents a new form of surveillance through interface colonization, where AI layers mediate user interactions and potentially manipulate information access. Unlike traditional government surveillance exposed by Snowden, modern control happens through convenience-driven defaults that gradually erode user autonomy. Recent reports show Gemini storing conversations, accessing apps with privacy toggles off, and activating unprompted, raising concerns about trust and manipulation at scale.