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RE: Too much advertising in steemit ! I'm shocked ! 😲
Wow, that's really strange. How can they access the processing power ? That maybe even dangerous somehow. I know that if many ports are open ( it's like a way we access the internet ) it's easy to hack that pc. I will make sure that I'm closing steemit page when I'm away from now. Thanks for letting me know.
Basically ALL adverts are javascript.
So, it could be as inane as a bugged do-loop.
It just runs and runs and runs.
It could be a bitcoin miner, there have been many imbedded in adverts, games and even wifi access buttons.
It could be trying to hack my computer, or hack someone else's computer.
You can do all kinds of things with javascript and you are relying on your browser to keep it from affecting your computer.
Not only me. Most steemians don't know about that maybe. It should be written somewhere for public to know. Maybe in faq of steemit. But maybe we already accepted some terms and that's written there and they can't be blamed. But I don't really know. I'm just a regular steemian who likes steem blockchain and creating on it. I understand finally why most old steemians don't like to use steemit. I will do my best to move to dapps like busy.org and steempeak.com.