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Apple tightens macOS Full Disk Access over AI agent risks

Original: Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents Apple says it will add new

Apple says it will tighten macOS 'Full Disk Access' permission controls, warning that increasingly capable AI agents create new risks when granted broad access to users' files, messages, mail and other sensitive data. The move signals Apple is rethinking privacy safeguards as agentic AI tools that read and act on user data become more widespread, prompting debate among developers and privacy watchers about how access permissions should work in the AI era.

Why now: AI agents' growing ability to access entire user systems is raising fresh privacy and security concerns.

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• Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents 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… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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