RE: Security Warning: Dmania.lol is running mining scripts using your computer resources. by pfunk

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RE: Security Warning: Dmania.lol is running mining scripts using your computer resources. by pfunk

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dmania · @pfunk · Mar 21 '18

$3.30

If it's intentional, that would be a strange thing for a Steem-based site to do, considering that Steem is meant to turn the economic model of the web on its head.

👍 netuoso, drakos, drpuffnstuff, andybets, stackin, sircork, cambridgeport90, reunitedstates, shredz7

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@andybets · Mar 21 '18

Since it's hogging the CPU, it *looks* like a hack to me.

👍 sircork, cambridgeport90

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@themarkymark · Mar 21 '18

$0.19

Site owners have done it themselves as well voluntarily as it is *free money*.

👍 randowhale, cambridgeport90

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@andybets · Mar 21 '18

Yeah, but I'd have thought a site owner would keep the CPU utilisation at a less noticeable level.

👍 sircork

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@charitybot · Mar 21 '18

Yes, cpu and gpu cycles are free, the earth can sustain an unlimited amount of computing cycles in the quest for moar crypto mining.

👍 cambridgeport90

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1 reply

@kid4life · Mar 21 '18

***"This is the first time I have received this warning on their site."***

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1 reply

@tarazkp · Mar 21 '18

yeah, i would suspect intentional in this case.

👍 cambridgeport90

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@isnochys · Mar 21 '18

Maybe it is supposed to turn the economic model of STEEM on its head.

Anyway another reason not to use dmania.

👍 cambridgeport90

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@sircork · Mar 21 '18

$0.65

It's happened before on steem.supply, *IF* it's intentional, my pfunky friend, it's greed, and in ancapistan, all are susceptible to greed. *sigh*

👍 cryptogee, drakos, andybets, trave160, cambridgeport90

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@introvertspeaks · Mar 23 '18

Blockchain advocates who do intentional shady practices **on chain** should listen to Bamboo's song [Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqb-pcR2eXM).

> I'm ashamed of what I become in the mirror, the face of my one true enemy.

👍 introvertspeaks, sircork

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@sircork · Mar 23 '18

Understood and agree.

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@pfunk · Mar 22 '18

Based on @ZomBee's response shortly after these comments I think it would be best to assume good faith for prominent Steem services.

👍 sircork, penghuren

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@sircork · Mar 22 '18

As you will see in comments made after he responded, I agree.

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@stillwater · Mar 21 '18

What happened with steem supply?

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@sircork · Mar 21 '18

$0.05

In that case, the site operator ran a script like this, didn't disclose. Got caught, admitted it, put up a notice it was running, got more push back and just took it out in the end. All last year. I still vote for that site operator as a witness thanks to his solid response to public preference.

👍 stillwater, cambridgeport90

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@themarkymark · Mar 21 '18

$0.13

It's not the first time

👍 randowhale, sircork

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