Discussion

• @leakerapple @leakerapple on x

  Has everyone been lobotomised? Apple isn't blocking full disk access to AI agents. They're just making the permissions more granular and explicit because of the risks that AI agents pose to user data and privacy.

• @ryanvogel Vogel on x

  i don't understand why people think this is bad? agents probably shouldn't have full disk access, Apple will probably have a lighter version of full disk access that don't put users data and privacy at risk i think this is good & needed

• @patrickwardle Patrick Wardle on x

  Apple is already understandably annoyed by poorly written/insecure/greedy AI agents/assistants insisting on Full Disk Access, and then once granted/obtained, abusing that, to access <all the things>. ...that didn't take long!

• @theo @theo on x

  At this point, if you still run the majority of your agents on MacOS, NGMI.

• @theo @theo on x

  AI users: “MacOS permissions suck. They get in the wa-” Apple (interrupting): “Understood! We'll make sure you get way more popups and notifications about permissions!”

• @viticci Federico Viticci on x

  This is concerning: https://www.macstories.net/...

• @classicii_mrmac Mr. Macintosh on x

  Apple just announced big changes to Full Disk Access in macOS! When will it ship? What will the new approval look like? Will existing FDA approvals be affected? What about existing MDM/PPPC profiles? Will enterprise & security tools get different treatment from AI or other apps?

• @johnvoorhees John Voorhees on x

  Apple's vague developer blog post about protecting Mac customers from AI agents by making Full Disk Access changes has me fired up on a Friday evening. https://www.macstories.net/...

• @natlungfy Natalie Lung on x

  Shots fired? Apple plans to introduce new privacy controls for Mac users, warning of the growing risks around granting broad data access to third-party software, including AI agents https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @pvncher Eric Provencher on x

  Probably gonna stick on macOS27 for the foreseeable future

• @javi @javi on x

  I hope you like permission prompts

• @reedalbergotti Reed Albergotti on x

  Further evidence that we need a new kind of computer for the AI age. https://techcrunch.com/...

• @_julianschiavo Julian Schiavo on x

  “As AI agents become increasingly capable and autonomous, the risks associated with this level of access will grow substantially.”  I hope this is fine-grained permissions, not making it more annoying to grant permissions, but I worry it'll be the latter

• @tyleraking.com Tyler King on bluesky

  With the recent warning that Meta's Muse agentic bot could be hacking your devices, Apple is tightening controls around full disk access settings.

• @rayminehane Ray Minehane on bluesky

  Note Apple is telling the EU this is impossibly complicated to do on iOS [embedded post]

• @mcmillen.dev Colin McMillen on bluesky

  a much greater “AI risk” than paperclip maximizers is the fact that we're moving towards a world in which a billion people will have software authorized to act on their behalf whose *correct* behavior isn't even well-specified, and that can be easily exploited en masse  —  www.wi…

• @mshelton@mastodon.social Martin on mastodon

  Translation: Apple acknowledges that regular people are making very risky decisions by allowing full disk access for agents.  In the past, such far-reaching permissions over your system and its data were rare, and now companies are asking for it all the time. https://techcrunch.c…

• r/MacOS r on reddit

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS

• r/apple r on reddit

  Apple says it's tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents

• r/apple r on reddit

  Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS - Latest News