16 Dec 2017

Bits+Bytes: Cryptojacking and the heavy-hitters dissing Facebook

From This Way Up, 12:35 pm on 16 December 2017
Cyberjacking

Cyberjacking Photo: (Florian Pircher via unsplash)

Today we're 'cryptojacking'. No, it's not some urban dance craze but a way your computer or smartphone gets hijacked to mine cryptocurrencies without you even knowing.

Also why some heavy hitting ex-Facebookers are criticising social media, and the threat it poses to democracy and the societies we live in. 

 

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