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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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[–] purplemeowanon@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)
[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Rufus.

And who cares if there's spyware on windows, you're already using windows so there is, it's windows. At that point you may as well just use etcher, but I'd use Rufus anyway because let's be real it's just better. The only reason not to use Rufus is because it's windows exclusive, but if you're using windows that probably doesn't bother you, so...

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Install wsl lol.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago
[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were on Windows. That's a Linux command. I haven't used Windows very much since about 2018, so I don't even consider Windows anymore unless it's brought up.

[–] purplemeowanon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

The article was about Windows. And, no, I'm not on Windows. i use GrapheneOS on my phone and triple-boot Arch/Debian/Fedora on my laptop. I'm just making the point that the article was about Windows so replying with UNIX commands doesn't really make sense.