Linux & open source
systemd Wants to Know Which App Is Talking to It. That Is a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds
A proposed component called systemd-appd would give the Linux desktop a shared way to identify running apps and check their permissions, the thing Android and macOS have had for years. I went through the actual proposal and the debate around it, because the technical fix is reasonable and the question of where it lives is the part people are actually fighting about.