From PC Mag: Google is banning extensions that mine cryptocurrency from the Chrome Web Store.
Until now, Google has allowed cryptocurrency mining extensions as long as mining was the extension's only purpose, and users were adequately informed about this behavior, Google's Extensions Platform Product Manager James Wagner noted in a Monday blog post.
"Unfortunately, approximately 90 percent of all extensions with mining scripts that developers have attempted to upload to Chrome Web Store have failed to comply with these policies, and have been either rejected or removed from the store," Wagner added.
In December, for instance, a Chrome browser extension called Archive Poster with more than 105,000 users was found to be mining the virtual currency Monero without warning computer owners. Archive Poster developer Essence Labs confirmed the mining was taking place, but blamed it on a hack.
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