Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
mmitchell_ai · x · 2026-10-03
Per Ars Technica, Apple has changed macOS Full Disk Access permissions to curb abuse by AI agents, making it harder for automated tools that scrape user data at the system level to gain broad disk access — a privacy-focused response to the rise of agentic AI.
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