I built a screenshot API and some guy was mining cryptocurrencies with it

Re:I built a screenshot API and some guy was mining cryptocu... by icebraining on Friday April 27, 2018 @06:21PM (#16944915)

Adblock?

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Re:I built a screenshot API and some guy was mining cryptocu... by bdcravens on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:20PM (#16945195)

If you were using Selenium to generate the screenshots (they weren't, they were using curl) you could add Adblock to the browser being used on your server (Selenium just automates a real browser) which will block Coinhive.

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Re:I built a screenshot API and some guy was mining cryptocu... by icebraining on Saturday April 28, 2018 @02:26AM (#16946348)

Thanks, I didn't know adblock blocked Coinhive.

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