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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by plandis on Monday September 25, 2017 @09:44PM (#15335551)
You pay us in electricity draw we didn't tell you about is a good business model?
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by dexterdog on Monday September 25, 2017 @10:32PM (#15335719)
Do people complain about the electricity draw when they're hosting a bunch of bloated flash?
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by IncRnd on Monday September 25, 2017 @10:59PM (#15335801)
Yes. That's why iOS doesn't have flash.
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Re:CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web... by pocketsquare2 on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:10PM (#15335846)
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation
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