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from the got-to-pay-for-those-adverts-somehow dept.
The news outlet Salon is allowing Adblock-using visitors to opt-in to using the JavaScript-based Coinhive tool to mine the cryptocurrency Monero:
Other sites have used cryptocurrency mining in lieu of (or in addition to) advertising. Sometimes, it's done surreptitiously without users' consent — The Pirate Bay admitted to secretly adding Coinhive integration last year, and hackers have planted mining malware on other sites. In this case, it's an opt-in program; a spokesperson tells FT that testing started on Monday.
Salon has an FAQ explaining this move.
Also at Ars Technica.
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(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday February 14 2018, @06:03PM
And here's another reason to continue in that fashion.
As for the surreptitious fuckers, I primarily use one browser with JS *disabled*. For sites that I actually want (or need) to use that require it, I use a different browser. Interestingly, since I've been using this configuration, I almost never paste a link into the JS-enabled browser when the site doesn't work without JS.
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