Tag: cryptomining

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 16, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of April 16, 2021 What the Great Personal Data Leak of 2021 tells us about Facebook Last week, we reported on the 533 million Facebook users whose data was leaked online. Despite the severity of the leak and its contents, Facebook’s official response was: “We believe the data in … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 16, 2021”

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  • Jan 12, 2019 |
  • Sean Doyle |
  • Cryptocurrency, General Privacy News, Guides,

Testing your web browser for cryptojacking

Cryptojacking or cryptocurrency mining is the covert use of your computer’s Central Processing Unit (CPU) and Graphics Processing unit (GPU) to mine for cryptocurrency. With the rise of cryptocurrency, cryptojacking has become very popular and many websites employ the use of scripts to use your computing device to mine for cryptocurrency. As a result of … Continue reading “Testing your web browser for cryptojacking”

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