Apple Is Hardening macOS Specifically Against AI Agents
The company is tightening Full Disk Access controls and citing the extra risk posed by AI agents directly — the first time an OS vendor has named autonomous agents as the threat model.
Apple is changing how macOS grants Full Disk Access, and it is saying the quiet part out loud: the reason is AI agents. According to @daogangtang, Apple is tightening Full Disk Access permissions and explicitly citing the extra risk that AI agents introduce. @FadyEid added that Apple will add controls so that granting Full Disk Access requires very explicit user action — more friction, more deliberate consent, fewer ways to grant sweeping access without realizing it.
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