Google bans cryptomining Chrome extensions because they refuse to play by the rules
Enlarge / Mining: no longer welcome in Chrome. (credit: Jeremy Buckingham / Flickr) After a policy that previously permitted them, Google has decided to remove any and all Chrome extensions that mine for cryptocurrencies after finding that too many developers didn’t play by the company’s rules. Google allowed Chrome extensions that performed mining with the proviso that the extensions clearly disclosed that they performed...