> " I've had people email pitching me on embedding crypto-mining programmes in the games I sell on Steam. It's intensely sinister stuff." I had a "friend" (mor

> " I've had people email pitching me on embedding crypto-mining programmes in the games I sell on Steam. It's intensely sinister stuff." I had a "friend" (more of an acquaintance really) a while back that kept trying to convince me that this was a good idea and I (as the only programmer he knew) should help him do it. Couldn't for the life of me convince him that it was pretty much certain to backfire spectacularly in any number of possible dumpster fires he wouldn't want to be a part of. He just wasn't willing to see how sneaking crypto-mining software into other people machines without their knowledge could possibly be perceived as "bad" by anyone.