Apple tightens macOS disk access as AI agents become more powerful

Apple plans to in­tro­du­ce ad­di­tio­nal con­trols for Full Disk Ac­cess in macOS, ci­ting gro­wing pri­vacy risks as AI agents be­co­me more ca­pa­ble and au­to­no­mous. Users will need to take ex­pli­cit ac­tion to grant apps this per­mis­sion. The com­pany has not spe­ci­fied a ro­llout date or de­tai­led how the con­trols will work. Apple’s APIs in­clu­de con­trols de­sig­ned to pro­tect users’ pri­va­te data. Full Disk Ac­cess lar­gely by­pas­ses these pro­tec­tions so bac­kup apps can fun­ction pro­perly. Apple … More → The post Apple tigh­tens macOS disk ac­cess as AI agents be­co­me more po­wer­ful ap­pea­red first on Help Net Se­cu­rity .