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Ventoy is a tool to make a USB with multiple ISOs bootable, letting you select which ISO to use on boot. Another newly-created account claims to be the dev's friend and translator and has received no contact from the maintainer.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Didn't something similar just happen with RustDesk? ChatGPT response from author in an hours old account.

https://lemmy.ml/post/21342545

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On second sight, that specific response seems like a troll

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I banned that one now too.

Some common threads I'm seeing with these troll accounts:

  • lemmings.world
  • new account
  • claim to be or know the creators
  • make claims about the insecurity of an open source app
  • blame china in some way
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Oh hell naw, I was rooting for rustdesk...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Let's see... Ventoy is a tool intended for sysadmins to use.

Something sketchy is going on in a tool sysadmins use when working on the crown jewels.

What could possibly go wrong? /s

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