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Recently as of late Balena has found itself in hot water over gathering specific user telemetry on their software [https://etcher.balena.io/ Balena Etcher] without consent.<ref>{{Cite web |first=sneak |date=2018-02-18 |title=etcher spies on the user without consent · Issue #2057 · balena-io/etcher |url=https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2057 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Github Issues}}</ref> Specific information includes usb device info and the filename to allegedly sell to their 3rd party AD network partners.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=Tails - Replacing balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows |url=https://tails.net/news/rufus/index.en.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Tails}}</ref> This has compromised many users privacy and trust for profit. While there are many alternatives to Balena Etcher they tend to be a bit less user friendly and likely are not cross platform. Making them the de-facto choice among non tech literate users that are being taken advantage of. {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable): | Recently as of late Balena has found itself in hot water over gathering specific user telemetry on their software [https://etcher.balena.io/ Balena Etcher] without consent.<ref>{{Cite web |first=sneak |date=2018-02-18 |title=etcher spies on the user without consent · Issue #2057 · balena-io/etcher |url=https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2057 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Github Issues}}</ref> Specific information includes usb device info and the filename to allegedly sell to their 3rd party AD network partners.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=Tails - Replacing balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows |url=https://tails.net/news/rufus/index.en.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Tails}}</ref> This has compromised many users privacy and trust for profit. While there are many alternatives to Balena Etcher they tend to be a bit less user friendly and likely are not cross platform. Making them the de-facto choice among non tech literate users that are being taken advantage of. {{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable): | ||
* User freedom | * User freedom | ||
* User privacy | * User privacy | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 31 March 2025
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Software Development |
| Official website | https://www.balena.io/ |
Balena (formerly known as Resin.io) provides a platform focused on DevOps management for servers, clients, and local cross platform device software. It also offers tools for updating, deploying and maintaining code bases (though that is mainly targeted at Linux)
Consumer-impact summary
Recently as of late Balena has found itself in hot water over gathering specific user telemetry on their software Balena Etcher without consent.[1] Specific information includes usb device info and the filename to allegedly sell to their 3rd party AD network partners.[2] This has compromised many users privacy and trust for profit. While there are many alternatives to Balena Etcher they tend to be a bit less user friendly and likely are not cross platform. Making them the de-facto choice among non tech literate users that are being taken advantage of.
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Balena category.
Example incident one (date)
- Main article: link to the main article
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
Example incident two (date)
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Products
See also
References
- ↑ "etcher spies on the user without consent · Issue #2057 · balena-io/etcher". Github Issues. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tails - Replacing balenaEtcher with Rufus as installer for Windows". Tails. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
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