OPERA NOW PREVENTS CRYPTOJACKING

Cryptocurrency miners embedded in websites is increasingly becoming a problem for smartphones, but the Opera web browser is trying to remove the threat for its users.

Opera, which already introduced cryptocurrency miner protection in its desktop-based versions, is now putting the same feature into its smartphone browsers, the company announced Monday.

The new feature will be available on Opera Mini and Opera for Android, according to a press release, and is part of the browser's native ad-blocker function.!