Razer - now with cryptominer.

[instant0]

Ref: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/12/14/razer_coin_mine/

I must say I am looking forward to when cryptominers is a part of every “run this background service/launcher to access your hardware/games” software you’ll have running on your Windows to play games and use your mouse/keyboard.

In the not too distant future, perhaps you can buy a dedicated hardware peripheral to keep all the telemetry and mining software running so it does not interfere with your normal “day to day” gaming. Oh right, a 2nd video card can do that, or just dedicate 1-2 cores on your cpu.

Good to see Razer thinking outside their box; guess the personal information their software siphoned isn’t enough so why not take “idle” cpu and free power as well.

[TimJames]

Could all the corporate-hating watchdogs coordinate among themselves before posting the same threads?

Razer corp turns into assholes

Run a softminer from Razer to get credit towards select Razer peripherals however… As someone on Twitter points out, the most expensive reward is the Huntsman Elite keyboard which costs 280,000 Silver. It normally retails for $200. Earning it through Softminer (at a rate of 500 Silver per day) will take approximately 560 days. That’s more than a year and a half of running your PC nonstop for $200 in value. You will far exceed that amount in increased electricity bills and wear-and-tear to yo…

[Scotch_Lufkin]

Or at least post in the correct forum. :)

[instant0]

Not game related then.