Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months

Open Source@lemmy.ml – 444 points – 3 days ago

[issue]: Remove BLOBs from the source tree · Issue #2795 · ventoy/Ventoy

I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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I remember various different concepts of USB flash drives with integrated LCDs that would display a label and the remaining capacity. Then they vanished and the only thing left were the Lexar Echo drives. Until a few years ago, when they have been pulled from the markets. Probably, because they didn't work with the now default GPT and its many different partition types.

IODD makes some. I had the older HDD version that stopped working after it got dropped, so now I use this one:

https://www.iodd.shop/IODD-SSD-drive-with-mini-USB-30-with-secure-256-bit-encryption

I use this thing all the time. It will serve up ISOs and VMDK images also. It’s quite fast

The IODD is basically a small drive enclosure, not a "stupid" USB drive.

I was more thinking of devices like this, this or this. Which have the simplicity of a normal USB device (just plug it in and go) and come with an automatically updating label so you can find the correct dongle.

But yeah, nowadays, I'd probably prefer the IODD thing.