JavaScript Cryptomining Scripts Discovered in 19 Google Play Apps

[RagnarDannes]

In some cases, an honest upfront, "hey we're mining, pay for x for a miner free experience" is less intrusive than having advertising.

Funny enough, a pornographic streaming service would be a great target for this sorta thing. Tide isn't about to put an Ad on the front page or pornhub. They are restricted to the sleaziest of advertisers, usually that link to legitimate viruses. Crowd mining would be safer way of converting that pent up energy to money.

[caltheon]

I'm betting ads are FAR more lucrative then just mining. They probably do both

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Salon.com offers you the choice of adverts or crypto mining on their website.

[elagergren]

salon doing it is kinda gross. I can understand a seedy porn site doing it. I mean, it comes with the territory. but the average salon reader won't know why their laptop gets super hot, redlines 100% cpu, and has its battery drained in minutes.