I have no idea. I never got that problem. I haven't tried a lot of HW, though.
It seems to be the recommended way of creating a LiveUSB on linux, according to most guides, I'd think more people would see that kind of error.
Arch Linux tends to have a very good Wiki

and they don't seem to warn about it, though they recommend dd "for its simplicity".
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...allation_media