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rfoo on Oct 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: A New Bootable USB Solution

I'd say this is beyond paranoid (as it seems targeted), I can understand given that your handle is ngcc_HK though.

FWIW, Ventoy is FOSS [1], so, the same rule holds: you can inspect the source and build it yourself.

[1] https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy

artfulhippo on Oct 17, 2021 [–]

Looking thru the source, there are many binary blobs. So no, this is not safe, or auditable without extensive reverse engineering.

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