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supriyo-biswastoday at 8:17 AM1 replyview on HN

This was done in the past[1] and was widely regarded as a "cryptojacking" scheme serving "malicious" content to users.

[1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive...


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GoblinSlayertoday at 8:53 AM

If it was for profit. Here it's in response to abuse by AI companies.