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Probe it's memory

hey, privacy concerned folks,

DON'T USE BALENA ETCHER TO USB YOUR ISOs

As @tailsos-official stated in their blog post, it displays ads which is weird for a simple disk imaging tool and more important:

It shares your IP address, the file name of the image the model of the USB stick and a bunch of other things with the Balena company and third parties.

On Windows, use Rufus instead. It's pretty neat.

On Mac, use the Raspberry Pi Imager. It does its job. Or if you don't mind the terminal, use dd. It's built-in.

On Linux you can use dd, or whatever comes with your DE. Or whatever else you prefer. We got options.

You can also use Ventoy and just chuck all your ISOs on it. No need to reformat your usb drives again just for a new boot stick. One USB to rule them all.

sources under the cut

GitLab

Investigate the outgoing network connections of Etcher (#16381) · Issues · tails / tails · GitLab

balenaEtcher exfiltrates very sensitive information about its users to the Balena company and probably to more third-parties. For example:

balena.io

Privacy Statement - balena

Me to the pasta:

Hurry up!

Other me to me:

Don't talk to the pasta

this little freak keeps sneaking into my garden and rubbing himself all over my flowers??Hello?????

WOOF

In less than 12 hours we'll be checked in for surgery!!

Reblog if all your dignity and self respect disappears when your pussy gets wet.