The Glasses That See Your Chains: Samsung, Google, and the Quiet War on Digital Sovereignty

We didn't notice at first. The demo rep handed me the prototype with a smile so rehearsed it felt like code. I put on the glasses — lightweight, almost ordinary. Then the lens flickered. A voice in my ear: “Good afternoon, Chris. You’re in the Samsung building. Meeting in 43 minutes on floor 12.” I hadn't told it anything. No app. No login. Just the weight of 36 sensors pressed against my temples. That moment — the moment a device knew my schedule without asking — became the root of everything I’ve been trying to unlearn. We didn't build the internet for this. We built it for permissionless exploration. Now we’re putting a chain around our own necks and calling it convenience. — Root: The quiet surrender of spatial awareness to centralized AI.” , "The Glasses That See Your Chains: Samsung, Google, and the Quiet War on Digital Sovereignty"}