Days after a journalist claimed that Meta's Muse app on Mac read their private messages ' a claim that Meta disputed ' Apple announced that it's introducing additional controls around a setting called 'Full Disk Access' on macOS. The feature was designed to allow backups to function properly, but AI agents have now increased 'the risks associated with this level of access,' Apple said. Apple's statement comes shortly after Inc. columnist Jason Aten reported that Muse knew the content of his private messages ' even though he claimed to have not given the AI agent permission. The report raised questions about the level of security and trust users have in desktop-based AI, which can control things on their systems and read their files and messages. 'Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could put users at risk, exposing everything on their systems'without users' full knowledge and understanding,' Apple said in a new blog post aimed at developers. The company says...
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