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not at all, i'm simply pointing out the irony of you recommending people not use software that has telemetry on a platform that has the same telemetry. i've pe
by automato 5y ago
not at all, i'm simply pointing out the irony of you recommending people not use software that has telemetry on a platform that has the same telemetry.
i've personally refused to use etcher for a while, sticking with dd, then i got tired of slow speeds and downloaded it, blocked all its home-ringing with LittleSnitch and haven't had a problem since. There are ways around any spying, i'm just glad it doesn't install any bloatware like 90% of the "free" apps out there.
- Lammy 5y agoI too love some delicious irony but personally don’t see it in this case unless I disregard all context besides “their privacy policies have some of the same words”. It feels pretty different to me to compare software analytics to a thing like HN that can’t just exist offline on my PC. I know what I’m getting when I have to make network requests to read a web page, but Etcher only uses it to phone home private info like “I’m writing Ubluntu-13.37-Heavenly-Heifer.iso to a 16GB volume named ‘KINGSTON’ with serial number <whatever>”.
- automato 5y ago> I’m writing Ubluntu-13.37-Heavenly-Heifer.iso to a 16GB volume named ‘KINGSTON’ with serial number <whatever> Where in the code did you see this? I can't find that in their source. I see they show a "banner" with this url: https://www.balena.io/etcher/success-banner?borderTop=false&darkBackground=true https://www.balena.io/etcher/success-banner?borderTop=false&... show some featured apps: 'https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html'