Say More Look Up Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Creator Playbook Mashable Selects In My Bag AI at School Safety Net Versus Trending Now All Series Updates to Full Disk Access are coming to your Mac. Matt Binder joined Mashable's tech vertical in 2018, where he covers social media, tech policy, cybersecurity, online scams, cryptocurrency, AI, creator news, weird tech, and other related tech beats. Apple is going to roll out update to Full Disk Access as a result of AI agents. Apple has just been forced to respond to the flurry of AI agent apps, like Meta's Muse, which are accessing Mac users' private data. According to Apple, the company will soon release additional controls to Full Disk Access, which will explicitly ask Mac users if they'd like to grant a third-party access to a specific part of their system.

Apple is adding new safeguards to how "Full Disk Access" works in macOS to address the growing risk posed by AI agents. In an update, the company warned that the increasingly popular tools "could put users at risk," and that it would add "additional controls" to the process to ensure users are aware of what they're doing when they grant software such "extraordinary" access. The company didn't say when the update would roll out or what exactly would change from the current setup. But in its note, the Cupertino company implied that some developers of AI agents are not being upfront with users about the privacy tradeoffs that come with using their software. "Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could put users at risk, exposing everything on their systems--including files, mail, messages, and even browsing history--without users' full knowledge and understanding," the company said.

Did Muse read private texts without permission? No one should be surprised that an AI Agent is reading their messages, regardless of what they clicked. Olivia Tauber is the deputy editor of digital culture, covering creators, media, movies, beauty, and more. Based in New York, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Cut, Teen Vogue, Complex, and Interview Magazine. She holds a Master's degree in Journalism from NYU and a Bachelor's from the University of Michigan.