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Or maybe I am not doing this right.
The web seriously sucks. One thing I admire, at least in theory, about Xbox 360 games or iOS apps is the limited access a specific program can run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiqioE1zGCw talks about this Why is the overwhelming majority of networked software still not secure, despite all effort to the contrary? Why is it almost certain to get exploited so long as attackers can craft its inputs? Why is it the cas…
There is a learning curve, but it's fine once you get up to speed. It's a bit like NoScript, but on steroids.
Is this a violation of the CFAA? Without explicit permission to do this, it seems an awful lot like unauthorized use
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Certainly it's possible for the script author to throttle. Not so much for the web site visitor.
I hope it's just a matter of time before browsers start to throttle sites... Or maybe search rankings will be affected by CPU usage, and bandwidth.
The web seriously sucks. One thing I admire, at least in theory, about Xbox 360 games or iOS apps is the limited access a specific program can run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiqioE1zGCw talks about this Why is the overwhelming majority of networked software still not secure, despite all effort to the contrary? Why is it almost certain to get exploited so long as attackers can craft its inputs? Why is it the cas…
That's interesting, but I'm not sure it's relevant here because downloading and executing arbitrary code without understanding what it does is a fundamentally insecure thing to do.
Unfortunately, the same technology is used by Facebook, Google, etc. to track people around the internet, so it's unlikely to get "fixed" any time soon.
Actually, why is this not a potential legitimate business model? I let you stream content for free and you let me mine cryto-coins with your spare CPU cycles while you watch. Isn't that better for people who don't like all the tracking by ads?
Mining in Javascript will get you less than the infrastructure costs to provide the videos, let alone replacing ad revenue.
I see it alongside ads.
Actually, why is this not a potential legitimate business model? I let you stream content for free and you let me mine cryto-coins with your spare CPU cycles while you watch. Isn't that better for people who don't like all the tracking by ads?
Mining in Javascript will get you less than the infrastructure costs to provide the videos, let alone replacing ad revenue.
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I hate it being done without informed consent. It's also a huge waste of electricity. On the plus side it could lead to micropayment funded instead of ad-funded sites.
> 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.
Actually, why is this not a potential legitimate business model? I let you stream content for free and you let me mine cryto-coins with your spare CPU cycles while you watch. Isn't that better for people who don't like all the tracking by ads?
Mining in Javascript will get you less than the infrastructure costs to provide the videos, let alone replacing ad revenue.
Actually, why is this not a potential legitimate business model? I let you stream content for free and you let me mine cryto-coins with your spare CPU cycles while you watch. Isn't that better for people who don't like all the tracking by ads?