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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I guess I could install Ventoy on the raspberry Pi's SD card, but I prefer it to be bare, since the idea is to keep it simple.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Ventoy uses several blobs without any instructions of compiling them yourself?