Apple announced it will introduce additional controls for Full Disk Access on macOS, citing privacy risks from increased AI agent capabilities and autonomy. The permission, introduced in macOS Mojave, lets apps bypass system restrictions to read and write protected data, and was originally designed for backup apps, but some developers use it in ways that could expose files, email, messages, and browsing history, and for communication apps it could also affect the privacy of the people being communicated with. Apple said that in the future this level of access will only be granted through "very explicit user actions," but did not say when it will roll out or disclose how the controls will work in detail. The move is believed to be linked to recent reports: Meta's general-purpose AI agent Muse sent unsolicited notifications to tech columnist Jason Aten and cited his Apple Messages conversations, and Aten said he never granted Muse permission to read his messages.