Apple Tightens MacOS Disk Permissions To Prevent AI Message Snooping

By Dan Goodin · Ars Technica · 2026-10-02

Ars Technica reports that Apple is revising macOS privacy settings to block third-party software from scraping message histories. The shift follows a public dispute regarding Meta’s Muse assistant, which allegedly accessed private chat logs without the user realizing they had gra

Ars Technica reports that Apple is revising macOS privacy settings to block third-party software from scraping message histories. The shift follows a public dispute regarding Meta’s Muse assistant, which allegedly accessed private chat logs without the user realizing they had gra