Subj : The BOINC Project
To   : Gamgee
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jul 17 2022 23:14:00

Hello Gamgee!

** On Sunday 17.07.22 - 08:47, Gamgee wrote to August Abolins:

 G> If you have a lot of cycles not doing anything, why not put
 G> them to good use?  The configuration allows setting a
 G> threshold to where if non-BOINC use reaches a certain
 G> amount, the BOINC work stops until the load goes back down
 G> again.  Cooler and CPU lifetimes are not worth
 G> consideration, to me at least, as the change is not enough
 G> to matter.  :-)

After all that number crunching, what kind of data stream are  
we taking about for BIONIC?  Being primarily on mobile data, it  
probably is not wise to participate.

 AA>> Reminds me of the outrage that some people experienced
 AA>> when they learned that their pcs were automatically
 AA>> participating in bitcoin mining.  I don't remember the
 AA>> original story at this time.

 G> Well, that would be different due to the unwanted/
 G> unauthorized use of the PC.

The matter was with Norton.  They installed a bitcoin miner as  
part of their package. However, the user had full knowledge of  
its existence and wasn't activated by default.  It turns out  
that it could be disabled and the .exe could be removed.
--
  ../|ug

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