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Salon Asks Ad-Blocking Users to Mine Cryptocurrency

posted by janrinok on Wednesday February 14 2018, @02:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the got-to-pay-for-those-adverts-somehow dept.

takyon writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @03:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @03:09AM (#638049)

    cases where so much content or functionality is buried in heavy JS

    Where I come from we call that "defective."