Apple Tightens Permissions, Taking Aim at AI Agents' Full Disk Access
TansuYegen · x · 2026-10-03
The author backs Apple's move to tighten Full Disk Access permissions. AI agents, he argues, are still just apps with better excuses to rummage through user data, while Full Disk Access is a ridiculous all-or-nothing switch that can expose mail, messages, and browsing history. Requiring very explicit user action should kill quiet data grabs.
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