Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
TL;DR
Apple will add new limits for "full disk access" on Mac in response to risks posed by AI agents, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In an update on Friday, Apple says it's rolling out new controls to "ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action.
Nauti's Take
Teams testing AI agents on Mac should treat Full Disk Access like a production credential: grant it for one defined purpose, use a separate user account, and document how to revoke it. Before rollout, test against real message and file paths, then verify exactly what the agent reads and whether logging or provider-side access creates another route to the same data.
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