TPB implementing permanent Javascript cryptocurrency miner to the site, thoughts?

12-10-2017, 02:03 AM

fdigl Wrote: EDIT: Mind you that you can't opt out of it. CloudFlare suspended a torrent site where you couldactually opt out of it. On top of that, Coinhive is also trying to crack down on people who don't inform their users of the miner and don't provide an option to opt out. Makes you think about what kind of people are running TPB.

There are private torrent trackers, that I'm a part of right now, that have already implemented this and had so before TPB choose to do so. They offer rewards for how many hashes you have done, which is rather clever.

TPB unlike ProxyBunker, did inform users, not the best I will say. Cloudfare also cancelled ProxyBunker because they've already done some sketchy things in the past, and their miner was throttled pretty insanely, that would cause users to notice an insane spike in CPU usage.

Granted they don't provide a OPT out method, but if you don't want to be part of it, just install UBlock or something like JavaScript Killer, and you're good. I'd rather have a harmless Java code using a minimal amount of CPU power, than a malicious advert running, with the only intentions of infecting people.

That said, each to their own opinion. Was good hearing yours.