[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-apple-cracks-down-on-full-disk-access-for-ai-agents":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},9844,"apple-cracks-down-on-full-disk-access-for-ai-agents","Apple Cracks Down on Full Disk Access for AI Agents","Apple says it will add extra friction before apps can get full disk access, a direct shot at AI agents that currently demand total control of your Mac.","Apple is making it harder for AI agents to grab full access to your Mac.\n\nApple posted a developer forum notice titled \"Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS,\" warning that the Full Disk Access permission - originally meant for backup software - is increasingly being requested by apps that want to read a user's messages, mail, and browsing history. The company says it will add \"additional controls\" so only users who take deliberate, explicit action can grant that level of access. Apple hasn't detailed what those controls look like, but the timing lines up with the rise of autonomous AI agents like OpenAI's Dots and Meta's Muse, the latter of which has already passed five million downloads. Those agents often request broad system access so they can act on a user's behalf, from managing email to placing orders.\n\nThe timing isn't subtle. Apple sells the hardware that runs these agents without selling the agents themselves, so it has an unusual stake in making sure a security incident doesn't sour people on buying Macs. A poisoned prompt hidden on a website can already trick some agents into leaking sensitive data, and handing an agent full disk access turns that into a worst-case scenario rather than a theoretical one.\n\nApple can add friction, but if users keep clicking through warnings to get their agent working anyway, the extra dialog box is a speed bump, not a fix.","[\"ai-agents\",\"apple\",\"macos\",\"security\"]","2026-10-02T20:30:00.000Z","2026-10-05T09:48:24.789Z","2026-10-05T09:48:31.074Z","published",null,[],"ai",[26,27,28,29],"ai-agents","apple","macos","security",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Lifehacker","https:\u002F\u002Flifehacker.com\u002Ftech\u002Fapple-is-making-it-harder-to-run-agentic-ai-on-your-mac?utm_medium=RSS",0,{"sections":36},[37,41,44,49,54,59,63,68,73,78,83,88,93,98],{"name":38,"slug":24,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI",6151,"2026-10-05T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":29,"count":43,"latest_published_at":40},"Security",859,{"name":45,"slug":46,"count":47,"latest_published_at":48},"Policy","policy",444,"2026-10-03T15:02:01.000Z",{"name":50,"slug":51,"count":52,"latest_published_at":53},"Deals","deals",323,"2026-10-04T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Hardware","hardware",204,"2026-10-03T14:50:50.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":61,"count":62,"latest_published_at":40},"Science","science",177,{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",158,"2026-10-03T03:21:12.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Software","software",97,"2026-10-04T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",96,"2026-10-01T16:57:03.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Startups","startups",92,"2026-10-04T14:36:25.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Gaming","gaming",53,"2026-10-02T02:50:39.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"General","general",51,"2026-10-05T02:35:01.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Reviews","reviews",32,"2026-10-02T18:00:00.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"How-To","how-to",7,"2026-10-01T09:00:00.000Z"]