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Apple plans stricter macOS privacy controls in response to AI agents
Apple announced plans to introduce tighter controls for the Full Disk Access permission on macOS. The company stated that the growing use of artificial intelligence agents requesting broad entry to user files, messages, mail, and browsing history creates new security risks.
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