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Apple will update Macs to protect users from AI agents with full disk access
mashable.com/tech/apple-will-update-full-disk-access-due-to-updates-ai-agents
Replying to @TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com
Good change.
- It helps the less tech savvy users,
- It actually forces developers to write their app properly.
Software should not operate at a privileged level “just in case”, but rather have a well-defined functional boundary.
Replying to @Ashrakal@lemmy.ml
It’s not clear exactly what Apple is going to impose here. In principle, trying to ensure users understand the implications of a permission is good. In practice, Apple is famous for keeping users from making decisions they might reasonably want to make on phones, and it’s starting to creep into the Mac; installing an app Apple hasn’t signed requires the command line, for example.
Replying to @Zak@lemmy.world
installing an app Apple hasn’t signed requires the command line, for example
It doesn’t, but it does make a scary popup, and requires the user to know to go to settings to find the section to override that popup.