Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents

OMG WAIT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS TWO PRIVILEGES IS ALL META'S CTO CLAIMED THEIR NEW AI AGENT MUSE NEEDED TO SNOOP ON APPLE MESSAGES AND THAT NUMBER IS TOTALLY MAD BECAUSE META SWORE YOU HAD TO MANUALLY OPT IN WITH A CONNECTOR ON TOP OF FULL-DISK ACCESS AFTER A COLUMNIST CAUGHT THE AI QUOTING HIS PRIVATE WORK CHATS BUT APPLE JUST STEPPED IN ON FRIDAY AND SAID DEVELOPERS ARE EXPOSING EVERY SINGLE FILE AND CHAT AND BROWSING HISTORY WITHOUT PEOPLE FULLY REALIZING IT SO NOW APPLE IS OFFICIALLY OVERHAULING FULL-DISK ACCESS PERMISSIONS TO CURB THESE CRAZY AUTONOMOUS AI AGENTS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ELEVEN DAYS AGO A RESEARCHER SHOWED CODE COULD HIJACK MUSE ENTIRELY AND META DID NOT EVEN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON FRIDAY. ANYWAY I AM TELLING EVERYONE AT WORK ON MONDAY.

LET ME RUIN YOUR NIGHT FOR ONE SECOND THIS TECH COLUMNIST JASON ATEN WAS JUST SITTING THERE WHEN META'S BRAND NEW AI AGENT MUSE PINGED HIM QUOTING A PRIVATE WORK CHAT OVER APPLE MESSAGES HE NEVER EVEN GAVE IT PERMISSION TO TOUCH AND META'S CTO BASICALLY SAID IT WAS HIS OWN FAULT BECAUSE HE MUST HAVE TURNED ON FULL-DISK ACCESS AND AN OPT-IN CONNECTOR WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ELEVEN DAYS EARLIER A RESEARCHER SHOWED ANY RANDOM CODE RUNNING CLICKFIX ATTACKS COULD JUST HIJACK MUSE AND TAKE OVER EVERYTHING IT CAN ACCESS AND NOW APPLE ACTUALLY STEPPED IN ON FRIDAY OVERHAULING FULL-DISK ACCESS PERMISSIONS BECAUSE DEVELOPERS ARE EXPOSING EMAILS AND FILES AND BROWSING HISTORY TO INCREASINGLY AUTONOMOUS AI POWER TOOLS WITHOUT USERS EVEN UNDERSTANDING THE RISK AND META PR DID NOT EVEN RESPOND. ANYWAY THAT IS THE SHORT VERSION, ASK ME LATER.

Apple is updating macOS Full Disk Access permissions after Meta's AI assistant Muse reportedly read user messages, prompting concerns over autonomous data access.

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