Apple Tightens macOS Disk Access Controls Amid AI Risks
Apple is adding new limits to macOS's Full Disk Access permission system, citing increased risks from AI agents that can access users' files, messages, mail, and browsing history.
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What happened
Apple announced plans to add new controls around macOS's Full Disk Access permission. 123 Apple warned that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users' files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier. 3 Apple is rolling out new controls to limit the extraordinary level of access apps can have. 2
Why it matters
Full Disk Access grants apps broad access to user data including files, messages, mail, and browsing history. 3 AI agents pose new privacy risks that prompted Apple's privacy protection enhancements. 123
What to watch
Apple is rolling out the new controls following its Friday update. 2
Sources · 3
[1]Apple (AAPL) Enhances macOS Privacy Controls Amid AI Data Access Concerns
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux
[2]Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents
TechCrunch
[3]Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
The Verge
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