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		Cthulhu_ on March 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Turn your phone into a space monitoring tool Sigh. You're putting your processing power to work for a wealthy corporation in the hopes they will give you scraps in return, and / or that those scraps will become worth more in the future. Crypto idealism is long dead, it's all about making money now.

tempodox on March 31, 2022 | [–]

Almost as good as having a crypto miner in your anti-virus software, which is practically a contradiction in terms.

hansel_der on March 31, 2022 | | [–]

anti-virus software adds so much attack surface that the joke of it beeing a contradiction in terms is almost overdone.

no crypto needed.

arlort on March 31, 2022 | [–]

What wealthy corporation?

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