Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
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.
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Key points
- Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories.
- For Muse to access Apple Messages, a user must manually give it two privileges.
- One is full-disk access, a macOS system-level permission.
- The other is to enable a Messages connector setting in Muse.
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- [1]Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agentsArs Technica: AI · Oct 2, 11:03 PM
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.
Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories.
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