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Apple says it will tighten macOS Full Disk Access (FDA) controls because AI agents are being granted the setting in ways that expose files, mail, messages, and browsing history without users fully understanding the risk, and it wants FDA granted only via an explicit user action. Apple gave no rollout date. The post follows reporting that Meta's "Muse" personal AI agent read a journalist's private iMessages after FDA was granted; Meta clarified Muse needs two permissions — FDA plus Messages access — and Muse is described as running on a dedicated Linux VM on Meta's cloud.

Why: If you ship or recommend a macOS desktop agent that asks for Full Disk Access, plan for a near-certain consent-flow change with no published date: build a degraded mode that works with narrower APIs instead of a blanket FDA prompt. The Meta Muse detail is the concrete design lesson — access required both FDA and a separate Messages permission, so per-resource scoping is feasible and is the safer default to implement now.

The supplied text contains no article body — only Ars Technica's cookie/consent preference boilerplate (opt-out toggles, contact addresses, cookie categories). The only substantive information available is the headline: a command-line tool that removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27, published 2026-10-05. No tool name, command syntax, version requirements, author, or measured effects are present in the text.

Why: Nothing here is actionable: the excerpt does not name the tool, the exact command, or which macOS 27 builds it supports, so a reader cannot decide whether to run it or how to verify it. Treat this as a headline only and find the actual project page or Ars Technica article before acting.