Etcher: Privacyfriendly Etcher Fork?

[rradar]

• Etcher version: recent
• Operating system and architecture: .nix
• Images flashed: many
• Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools?

Is there any maintained etcher fork out there which respects privacy and freedom of choice?

This issue is somehow elated to #2766 and #2497 and many more closed ones..

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I found my privacy friendly etcher alternative! The thing is called usbimager comes in a package of less than 1MB, does more things and does it better. No spyware, adware, bullshitware! Have fun :tada:

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[rradar]

:question: :grey_question:

[rradar]

@zvin no interest?

[thundron]

@rradar We're discussing this internally, we'll probably update the other issue though as there are more people that were interested in the privacy subject so to reach them as well

[gafarma89]

@rradar

1- did you try unetbootin? it is also open source and it seems it is privacy friendly.

2- https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager --> is only developing by 1 contributer. I don't like this.

3- (Solution only for linux) you can start "etcher portable" with firejail. Firejail is very simple command line tool which blocks network for any app.

[gafarma89]

@rradar We're discussing this internally, we'll probably update the other issue though as there are more people that were interested in the privacy subject so to reach them as well

@thundron did you disccuss this internally? Is there any updates about privacy?

[lurch]

@thundron did you disccuss this internally? Is there any updates about privacy?

You've already left a comment on #2766 where @petrosagg (who works for Balena like @thundron does) has left multiple comments... :roll_eyes:

[thundron]

@gafarma89 There's all the info you need in the other issues.
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