Odell's guide was distinct for instructing users to use microSD, avoiding USB, and to add 100 dice rolls to entropy generation. The USB debugger flag being accidentally left on was cited by Coinkite as the bug NVK was alluding to to Odell, but (1) that bug was fixed before the 4.x.x was distributed...

It doesn't make Laser "suspicious" because Laser is a scammer too