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Oct 3

Apple tightens Mac disk access as AI agents multiply security risks

Apple's move to restrict full disk access reflects a concrete security problem: as AI agents become more autonomous and capable of executing tasks across applications, a compromised agent could exploit broad file permissions to exfiltrate data or modify systems at scale. Mac's existing permission model was designed when applications were more isolated and human-controlled. It hasn't caught up to how AI capabilities now operate. The constraint signals that OS-level security architecture will need continuous friction-adding updates to keep pace with AI automation, likely spawning a new category of "agent sandboxing" features across platforms.

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Oct 3

Apple Restricts Full Disk Access as AI Agents Pose New Security Risk

Source: Slashdot: Hardware

Apple is responding to a genuine threat: as AI agents become more autonomous and less predictable, the traditional binary choice of granting or denying full disk access grows riskier. A compromised or misdirected agent could exfiltrate sensitive files at scale. Apple sees the current permission model as insufficient for a computing environment where applications increasingly operate without step-by-step human oversight. The company is redesigning trust assumptions that have held since the early days of macOS sandboxing. The tightening affects not just AI vendors but the entire developer ecosystem, potentially fragmenting what capabilities apps can claim on Mac.