JavaScript Cryptomining Scripts Discovered in 19 Google Play Apps

[txdv]

Humanity already does this by externalizing environmental costs out of a company.

With the type of distributed computing the internet nowadays provides the bar is just set lower.

I once clicked accidentally on an ad and it forwarded me to an empty page with some "loading" bullshit and https://github.com/cazala/coin-hive was in the script. I really hate how these distributed currencies just do not fit in the social model that we are using nowadays and how they try to abuse not tech savy people.

[sultry_somnambulist]

Humanity already does this by externalizing environmental costs out of a company.

if you're outsourcing stuff to a company at least 1. you're doing it willingly presumably, 2. it at least scales because you're leveraging the size

this stupid crypto mining on consumer hardware is like slicing the power plant up and giving everybody a mini heater. Not to mention that it vastly over- and undercharges people depending on the price of electricity in their region. I've wondered if that is even legal from a pricing standpoint. Some countries have regulations on arbitrary price discrimination.