Apple Tightens macOS Full Disk Access, Citing New Risks From AI Agents
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-10-03
Apple says it will add new controls around macOS's Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users' files, messages, mail, and browsing history significantly riskier — a notable case of an OS vendor explicitly redesigning permissions around AI agent risks.
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