Salon has every right to hijack your laptop to mine cryptocurrency while you read it

Business Insider
By Jim EdwardsFeb 14, 2018, 6:28 am111 pts
Salon is mining cryptocurrency via the web browser of any reader who refuses to turn off their adblocker. The liberal web magazine is being totally upfront about it, and readers have a choice: They can turn their adblockers off. This is a cunning solution to the problem of people who think the web should be…

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