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Security alert - "Meltdown" and "Spectre"
RE: Security alert - "Meltdown" and "Spectre"
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JFerio Wrote:Cryptocurrency mining is a little better than advertising, but I'd still prefer the option to opt in or buy a subscription anyway. I'd prefer not to run other code on my computer like that, or at least if my computer is being used for mining, and I want it to be my own private mine, thanks.

No, no, no.  Cryptocurrency mining is an ecological disaster.  Bitcoin uses approximately 0.20% of the world's energy supply, or approximately one Hong Kong.  Thirteen U.S. houses could be powered for a day for the cost of a single bitcoin transaction.  Bitcoin uses 5000x more energy per transaction than VISA.

Running web-based mining is even worse, because you're using a general purpose CPU instead of a GPU optimized for floating point calculations.  So you spend even more energy you don't notice.  And hey, if we stop doing Bitcoin maybe gamers can actually buy a decent graphics card?

I'm currently just running uBlock Origin, which blocks most trackers and ads with the default lists, and Decentraleyes.  Decentraleyes keeps cached copies of web libraries, so CDNs can't track which websites you visit that way.  This also speeds loading of JS-heavy sites. And protect against the CDN getting hacked, but that's mainly paranoia.  Paranoia seems to be prudent these days.
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RE: Security alert - "Meltdown" and "Spectre" - by Labster - 01-22-2018, 05:20 PM

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