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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26220818

I am shocked by this - the quote in below is very concerning:

"However, in 2024, the situation changed: balenaEtcher started sharing the file name of the image and the model of the USB stick with the Balena company and possibly with third parties."

Can't see myself using this software anymore...

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 4 months ago

Isn’t Balena’s entire business model taking things that could easily run locally and wedging a cloud dependency in to allow them to be profitably enshittified?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

There are like a dozen other ways to do what Etcher does so... 🤷

[–] imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What's the point of including KeePass in Tails if it's effectively wiped on reboot? Am I misunderstanding?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

I'm sure you could mount an encrypted volume.
Or just have the keepas db on a usb stick or something

[–] AZERTY 5 points 4 months ago

You can enable a persistent volume on the start up screen or use it where it wipes on reboot.

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Use dd, or check out the Fedora Media Writer if you want a GUI tool.

[–] Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I never really understood why etcher was the choice, it was a crazy bloated program that was like 100 or 150mb? To do the same job as Rufus could do in like a dozen or so, and if you’re on Linux you can just use gnome disks or something, never had any issues there either. Just made no sense to me why they recommended it in the first place.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Sometimes rufus-made usb drives wouldn't work for me, but etcher did. Shrug. I didn't believe it either until I tried it.