Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories.
Friday’s announcement comes two weeks after tech columnist Jason Aten said that Meta’s new general-purpose AI agent Muse sent him an unsolicited notification referencing a thread between him and a co-worker over Apple Messages. Aten said he never granted Muse permissions to read his messages and had assumed they were off-limits. Social media last week blew up with masses of people who agreed and said the incident showed that AI assistants given access to calendars, emails, messages, shopping accounts, and other resources are akin to a skill saw or other power tool. While potentially useful, they can do real damage if not used carefully.
I’d say that’s very reductive. Macs are great cross-discipline work horses. And a lot of people who champion Linux don’t do those kinds of tasks.
I do run Linux on my laptop and spend more time there, but a turnkey solution with phone support and some top class applications isn’t cosmetic. These days when clients are waiting, I’ll use whichever I can complete the task quickest with and spend the time I get back with my family. (Edit: I’m not justifying this, just describing it).
That said, these companies are environmental and societal poison. We should be making FOSS as accessible as possible to make that happen.
I’m just joking around anyway. I’m not a fan, but that’s what the early marketing tried to say
Ah, i see. I’m not the best at spotting sarcasm in writing.
I shoulda used an /s is all good
No worries man, all the best to you.