Read more.Site is testing Javascript Monero coin mining as an alternative to web advertising revenue.
Read more.Site is testing Javascript Monero coin mining as an alternative to web advertising revenue.
Given the restrictions they say will be implemented, then using this as an alternative to ads seems, to me, to be fair enough provided they have explicit user pemission. Otherwise, IMHO, it's at best offensive.
EDIT - BTW, I don't use TPB. I don't think I've ever even looked there but if I have it was a very long time ago. But if I did, I'd view it as a fair exchange for killing ads, provided I was asked first.
I don't mind my CPU being used for mining. It reamins idle most of the time
Honestly, it'd probably be less obnoxious and resource consuming than a lot of ads out there. And it's not like you're going to spend a lot of time on the website, it's pretty much search for what you need and leave. Whatever hashes they get out of visitors, fair enough.
Looks like TPB aren't going to be the only people using Javascript mining, i can see many more people jumping on this bandwagon.
spacein_vader (19-09-2017)
I agree with the point though. If a website I used gave a choice between showing me targeted & IMO obnoxious ads or using some of my dead cpu cycles while I'm viewing the page I'd be more than happy with the latter as long as there is no identifiable information involved.
Saracen (21-09-2017)
TBP is just shady as hell anyway, so just a different kind of shady...
It's all very well except for when you visit on a laptop/tablet/phone and it drains the battery.
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