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> biological botnets What, you mean parasites that control their host's behaviour in order to propagate themselves? Those already exist. Granted, they don't m

by anon4 13y ago

> biological botnets What, you mean parasites that control their host's behaviour in order to propagate themselves? Those already exist. Granted, they don't mine bitcoins just yet.

zwegner 13y ago
Yep. One of my favorite examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis Part of a pretty cool Wikipedia category: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mind-altering_parasites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mind-altering_parasit...
anigbrowl 13y ago
Engineered by us, I meant. Bitcoin mining was exactly the example I was thinking of.