{"slug": "security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access", "title": "Security Bite Podcast: We need to talk about the changes to Full Disk Access", "summary": "Apple told developers last week that it is adding new controls to Full Disk Access on macOS, the permission that lets an app read nearly everything on a user's drive, according to 9to5Mac's Security Bite podcast. The episode walks through what Full Disk Access is, what Apple said is changing, what prompted the change, and what remains unknown. 9to5Mac tied the tightening of macOS privacy controls to the rise of AI agents.", "body_md": "*9to5Mac Security Bite is exclusively brought to you by* **Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform**.*Making Apple devices work-ready and enterprise-safe is all we do. Our unique integrated approach to management and security combines state-of-the-art Apple-specific security solutions for fully automated Hardening & Compliance, Next Generation EDR, AI-powered Zero Trust, and exclusive Privilege Management with the most powerful and modern Apple MDM on the market. The result is a totally automated Apple Unified Platform currently trusted by over 45,000 organizations to make millions of Apple devices work-ready with no effort and at an affordable cost.* [Request your EXTENDED TRIAL](https://mosyle.net/87PQ) *today and understand why Mosyle is everything you need to work with Apple*.\n\nLast week Apple told developers it’s adding [new controls to Full Disk Access](https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/02/apple-says-its-tightening-macos-privacy-controls-amid-the-rise-of-ai-agents/) on the Mac, the permission that lets an app read nearly everything on the user’s drive. Speculation on what exactly these changes will be have gone parabolic. So, in this solo episode I walk through what exactly Full Disk Access is, what Apple said is changing, what prompted it, and what we still don’t know.\n\nLet me know your thoughts in the comments.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/08/security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access/", "published_at": "2026-10-08 09:30:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-08 12:16:43.432315+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Apple", "macOS", "Full Disk Access", "9to5Mac", "Mosyle"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/security-bite-podcast-we-need-to-talk-about-the-changes-to-full-disk-access.jsonld"}}