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Apple Tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' Controls

Apple Tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' Controls As AI Agents 'Substantially' Increase Risk

Apple Tightens macOS 'Full Disk Access' Controls

TL;DRApple restricting Full Disk Access permissions due to growing AI agent security risks.

Why it matters: AI apps gaining file access poses real privacy threats; tighter controls protect sensitive data from unauthorized exposure.

Apple says it will tighten macOS Full Disk Access controls as increasingly capable AI agents raise the risks of apps gaining broad access to users' files, messages, mail, and browsing history. TechCrunch reports: Days after a journalist claimed that Meta's Muse app on Mac read…

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