Salon is now using readers’ browsers to mine cryptocurrencies

The fewer and fewer people who are visiting progressive-leaning blog site Salon may be mining cryptocurrencies, according to a recently published FAQ on the site. Based on data from Archive.org, the FAQ was first published on Monday, February 12, 2018. [Editor’s note: We’ve just heard back from Salon. We hope to have more updates shortly.]  Those visitors to Salon using an ad blocker are now given two choices: disable the blocker or let Salon use some of their computers CPU to mine cryptocurrencies while they catch up on the circus that is American politics. Of course, Salon couches it in terms that make one’s bleeding heart flutter just a little…