YourFreeProxy Is Caught Installing A Toolbar That Mines Bitcoin On The Sly

[Archean]

YourFreeProxy Is Caught Installing A Toolbar That Mines Bitcoin On The Sly

YourFreeProxy from Mutual Public AKA We Build Toolbars, LLC. The company, which offers proxy servers for routing around firewalls and censorship, has been secretly using its tool to mine Bitcoin using their customer's computer. This “feature” even appears prominently in their terms of service.

So much for the "free" part, and considering the current pricing of bitcoins, they are simply ripping off their users.

 

[bobcat]

The case reminds me of a couple of quotes, of which it is an excellent example:

There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch (TANSTAAFL)
and
The only free lunch is the cheese in the mouse trap.

Plus, the underhand practice employed demonstrates once more that:
Nobody reads Terms of Service and End User License Agreements.

Except that it can’t be called underhand if it gives “overhand” warning.

 

[captaincranky]

So then basically, there's malware in this free toolbar. Whooda thought that could ever happen.l