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

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Ars Technica •
Dan Goodin
• October 2, 2026

Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories.

Friday’s announcement comes two weeks after tech columnist Jason Aten said that Meta’s new general-purpose AI agent Muse sent him an unsolicited notification referencing a thread between him and a co-worker over Apple Messages. Aten said he never granted Muse permissions to read his messages and had assumed they were off-limits.

Source: Ars Technica •
Dan Goodin
• October 2, 2026

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