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Apple Tightens macOS Full Disk Access Due to AI Agent Risks
Apple plans to add new controls around a macOS permission called Full Disk Access, the company says. This setting currently lets approved apps read a user's files, messages, mail, and browsing history. Apple warns that increasingly capable AI agents, software that can act on a user's behalf, make such broad access riskier than before. If an AI agent misuses or is tricked into misusing this access, it could expose sensitive personal data. The change signals how AI's growing autonomy is pushing even basic operating system security settings to be rethought, according to TechCrunch. The move could affect anyone using AI agents on Apple's desktop computers.
Words to know
- Full Disk Access
- — A macOS permission letting apps read nearly all files, messages, mail, and browsing history.
- AI agents
- — AI software that can take actions on a user's behalf, like browsing files or messages.
- macOS
- — Apple's operating system that runs on Mac computers.
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