WikiTech Accidental Tech Podcast

Topic

macOS Full Disk Access

3 mentions in 1 episode

A permission system in macOS that allows applications to access all files on a user's system, subject to repeated confirmation dialogs that create friction for both users and developers.

Mentions

712: Mildly Technologically Traumatized

  • 1:29:18

    Full disk access it is one of the permissions to give already like to be clear what full disk access does.

  • 1:34:50

    Everyone is like if it's a Mac and you get why is that data unencrypted at rest on your Mac.

  • 1:37:35

    But what if they couldn't get at the messages database if it was encrypted at rest.