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Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents
Publisher description: 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.
TechCrunch | Oct 2, 2026 | Sarah Perez
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Days after a journalist claimed that Meta’s Muse app on Mac read their private messages — a claim that Meta disputed — Apple announced that it’s introducing additional controls around a setting called “Full Disk Access” on macOS. The feature was designed to allow backups to function properly, but AI agents have now increased “the risks associated with this level of access,” Apple said. In Muse’s case, the AI optionally allows users to enable Full Disk Access.
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