Not quite but a possibility answer.

Lot of software gets embedded tracking software where it does a few things to see if it’s tampered with and reports back along with a lot of details. It’s kind of sweet how you can dig in and see where exactly where that computer lives and how it can triangulate exactly where it is even over a VPN.

I happened to work with this software at one point…… lot of companies actually don’t unless there is a business using the software or it’s super expensive think 10k+ per seat or you see a hot spot. Not worth the effort.

Other side of the coin I was a Desktop Eng many moons ago. We would do reporting on all of the systems in SCCM and what’s installed on them and compare to a know good list of applications every so often to minimize legal risk to the business.

Linus still approves the changes in the kernel. His main baby for the past 15 years or so has been GIT.

I use Newsboat from command line. Great distraction free way to get your news. Easy to open up a browser if I wanna see a video or picture too with it