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…
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
The linked article lists Raspberry Pi Imager as an option for writing Tails from macOS, and that is also available on Linux and Windows.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
Though the site only shows how to install on Ubuntu, the GitHub repo for the tool does have an AppImage that should work on any distro.
https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/releases