Title: unethical developer
Last modified: October 4, 2017

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# unethical developer

 *  [atomizer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atomizer/)
 * (@atomizer)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unethical-developer/)
 * any developer that allows the miner to run in the background WITHOUT informing
   users is acting very irresponsibly
 * from Coin Hive:
 * > Our goal was to offer a viable alternative to intrusive and annoying ads that
   > litter so many websites today. These ads are not only a distraction to end 
   > users, but also provide notoriously unpredictable and non-transparent revenue
   > numbers. We set out to change that.
   > […]
   > We’re a bit saddened to see that some of our customers integrate Coinhive into
   > their pages without disclosing to their users what’s going on, let alone asking
   > for their permission. We believe there’s so much more potential for our solution,
   > but we have to be respectful to our end users.
   > […]
   > It’s probably too late to do anything about the adblockers that already prevent
   > our current JavaScript from loading. Instead, we will focus on a new implementation
   > that requires an explicit opt-in from the end user to run. We will verify this
   > opt-in on our servers and will implement it in a way that it can not be circumvented.
   > We will pledge to keep the opt-in in tact at all times, without exceptions.
 * this tech could be a game-changer for monetizing web content, but nonsense like
   this – where it’s allowed to run in the background with no opt-in – is only going
   to result in more of what we’re already seeing: blacklisting by AV companies 
   and ad-blockers … and likely WordPress as well
 * also see the [forum post here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cryptocurrency-mining-scripts-coinhive-monero/)

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 *  Plugin Author [marcobb81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcobb81/)
 * (@marcobb81)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unethical-developer/#post-9539770)
 * Sorry but nobody forbid to warn users for background coinhive script running,
   this plugin is created for integrate coinhive meanwhile inform user is a site
   business.
 * 1 star is because you have a similar project.
    no problem, is competition.
 * add: you may disable background mining and use captcha or download future from
   previous release
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by [marcobb81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcobb81/).
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unethical-developer/#post-9540136)
 * > Sorry but nobody forbid to warn users for background coinhive script running,
   > this plugin is created for integrate coinhive meanwhile inform user is a site
   > business.
 * Wait. What?
 * _*Looks at plugin*_
 * OK then. I’ve removed the `modlook` the `Spam` and (my personal favorite, thank
   you _so much_) `sockpuppet` tags from this review. I’ve also archived non-reply
   from the author when he put those tags on.
 * [@marcobb81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcobb81/) Don’t do that again,
   that’s not the sort of attention you want. You’ve got ONE review and if you thing
   any of those tags apply here then you are mistaken.
 * This review is feedback. That’s all.
 * This part is 100% correct.
 * > any developer that allows the miner to run in the background WITHOUT informing
   > users is acting very irresponsibly
 * If anyone uses this plugin and does not inform visitors about this BEFORE it 
   does it’s magic is unethical and I hope a pile of metaphorical bricks fall on
   that web site.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unethical-developer/#post-9540136)