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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by flukus on Monday September 25, 2017 @08:41PM (#15335306)
> I hate it being done without informed consent.

I'm more worried about the precedent, "informed consent" can always be buried deep in a T&C document.

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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by rhizome on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:28PM (#15335484)
"consent" can perhaps be buried, but I doubt it would be found to be informed.
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