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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is trying to exploit the fans' computers to collect donations through the extraction of cryptocurrencies.
To this end, the organization launched "The Hope Page" – a website that extracts cryptocurrency with the help of computer processing power of visitors. The nonprofit organization stated in a statement that the site "will allow Australians to provide help and hope to vulnerable children by simply opening the page while they are online," said ITnews Australia.
According to the website, The Hope Page allows visitors to select the amount of processing power they wish to contribute to the data mining process. The longer they remain on the site, the more cryptocurrency is extracted.
UNICEF states:
"Mining is perfectly safe for your computer.If you are ever worried about energy consumption, lower the amount of processing power you are giving."
Any cryptocurrency extracted is converted into fiat currency and donated to UNICEF Australia to be used to help vulnerable children around the world with life-saving supplies such as drinking water, food and vaccines.
The miner browser is powered by an opt-in version of the Coinhive API, AuthedMine, and mine the cryptocurrency monero.
According to Jennifer Tierney, director of fundraising and communications for UNICEF Australia, the organization sought to use emerging technologies to raise awareness about current humanitarian crises and collect donations to support affected children.
At the time of the press, over 1,600 people were seen who donated computer power to help the organization.
Image of the UNICEF tent through Shutterstock
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