# 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.

- Website: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter
- Source code: https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter
- License: GPL-2.0
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
- Category: [OS downloaders and bootable USB tools](https://privacyratings.com/os-installers/)
- Also rated: [Fedora](https://privacyratings.com/desktop-operating-systems/fedora/) (Desktop operating systems)
- Grade: C (65/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | GPL-2.0, with some parts under LGPL-2.0. | https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/blob/main/LICENSE.GPL-2 |
| No trackers or telemetry | Partial | 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. | https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/blob/main/PRIVACY.md |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Free and open source app from the Fedora Project with no ads. | https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

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