Remove Balena Etcher due to privacy concerns

[Marterich]

Type of Change

• Security patch

Description

In the recent past, the privacy focused Linux Distro TAILS removed the recommendation to use Balena Etcher to create there USB Keys due to privacy concerns.
An investigation on their part resulted in at least the following data being shared with the balena company

• The IP of the user
• The filename of the image, which lets Balena knows that the user is installing Tails
• The brand and model of the USB stick

https://tails.net/news/rufus/index.en.html
https://cybernews.com/privacy/tails-raises-privacy-concerns-over-balenaetcher-recommends-rufus/

Issue related to PR

• Resolves Request to remove Etcher USB Creator #3260

[Marterich]

@og-mrk maybe also add balena to your pinned application list comment. Detailing the reasoning

[Kingproone]

I see a bit of a double standard here, because if this app gets removed for privacy violations, google chrome should be nuked as a first follow up.