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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
Yeah I love meta saying “it’s impossible if you’ve denied it access.”
If the user gave it a task and it decided the easiest path forward was just to read his messages, that’s no different than OpenAI agents breaking protocol to find the fastest path to their goal, regardless of side effects (assuming the “permission” was just a request from the LLM rather than a request for full disk access in general from the meta app).
