Summary
An audit of how assistants, operating systems, and consumer platforms increasingly retain personal context without a clear moment of consent.
Research Report DRI-RP-2026-04 examines synthetic memory and assistants through the institute's public-interest lens: how technical systems change agency, trust, memory, and shared reality.
Research context
This publication is part of Drifting Reality Institute's ongoing archive of research, essays, guides, and public analysis. It connects product analysis with civic questions about consent, contestability, identity, and institutional accountability.
Where real companies or products are discussed, the analysis is based on public materials, observable interface patterns, and clearly identified interpretation rather than claims about private intent.
