Re:“An on-page advert was mining bitcoin in my browser”
by dspillett on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @10:51AM
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> but if it was opted into by the user, it could be a new type of payment model
Something like https://www.nicehash.com/ but delivered in a manner that they layman can agree to by just clicking "go ahead"?
Or, as is far more likely because people tend to do first and ask later, in small print at the bottom of the page "by opening this page you agree to let us use your CPU and GPU resources for what-ever we want, if you want us to stop using your CPU and GPU resources you can opt out by closing this tab/window"...
Something like https://www.nicehash.com/ but delivered in a manner that they layman can agree to by just clicking "go ahead"?
Or, as is far more likely because people tend to do first and ask later, in small print at the bottom of the page "by opening this page you agree to let us use your CPU and GPU resources for what-ever we want, if you want us to stop using your CPU and GPU resources you can opt out by closing this tab/window"...