▲ 539 ▼ Tails no longer recommending balenaEtcher (tails.net) submitted 2 years ago by xela@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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...
[–] ftbd@feddit.org 16 points 2 years ago (8 children) Why use a fancy GUI tool when good old dd does the trick permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* for Windows permalink fedilink source parent [–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago cp command works well too permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because of the risk of accidentally wiping the main drive if you're just copy pasting stuff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ftbd@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago If that happens to you, that's both a great reminder that mindlessly copy-pasting commands from the internet is a terrible idea, and a chance to practice your restore-from-backup routine! I see no downsides. permalink fedilink source parent [+] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) dd status=progress can also tell you how far along the operation is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Dang, nice! I've been using dd for nearly 30 years and have never seen that. I actually used to used dcfldd because it had better progress reporting than dd (and supported repeated patterns for input). Thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago cat is the tool of distinguished gentlemen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because of the risk of accidentally wiping the main drive if you're just copy pasting stuff permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ftbd@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago If that happens to you, that's both a great reminder that mindlessly copy-pasting commands from the internet is a terrible idea, and a chance to practice your restore-from-backup routine! I see no downsides. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ftbd@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago If that happens to you, that's both a great reminder that mindlessly copy-pasting commands from the internet is a terrible idea, and a chance to practice your restore-from-backup routine! I see no downsides. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) dd status=progress can also tell you how far along the operation is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Dang, nice! I've been using dd for nearly 30 years and have never seen that. I actually used to used dcfldd because it had better progress reporting than dd (and supported repeated patterns for input). Thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago cat is the tool of distinguished gentlemen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) dd status=progress can also tell you how far along the operation is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Dang, nice! I've been using dd for nearly 30 years and have never seen that. I actually used to used dcfldd because it had better progress reporting than dd (and supported repeated patterns for input). Thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Dang, nice! I've been using dd for nearly 30 years and have never seen that. I actually used to used dcfldd because it had better progress reporting than dd (and supported repeated patterns for input). Thanks for sharing! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago cat is the tool of distinguished gentlemen permalink fedilink source parent