Technology & AI
Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents
Source: TechCrunch · Published
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 browsing history riskier.
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 browsing history riskier.
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