Checked fact 5114 Oct 2026Safety and security

Apple wrote: "Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action."

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Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action.

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Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS
Apple Developer · 2026-10-02

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Apple says it will add controls on macOS Full Disk Access, citing AI agents, without a date. 4 Oct 2026

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“Apple wrote: "Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action.".” ai notis, checked 4 Oct 2026. Source: Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS (Apple Developer). https://ainotis.com/c/511

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ai notis. (2026, October 4). Apple wrote: "Going forward, we will introduce additional controls to ensure that users who genuinely wish to grant an app this extraordinary level of access can only do so with very explicit user action." [Checked claim 511]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/511

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