OS downloaders and bootable USB tools
Fedora Media Writer privacy rating
The Fedora Project's tool for downloading Fedora images and writing them, or other ISO files, to USB drives, with a restore option to reformat the drive afterwards.
Summary
Fedora Media Writer scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the OS downloaders and bootable USB tools criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.
Score 65 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
GPL-2.0, with some parts under LGPL-2.0.
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party analytics. A custom User-Agent with version, OS and locale is sent to Fedora servers for download statistics by default and can be disabled with --no-user-agent.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Free and open source app from the Fedora Project with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.