🔍 The Scam’s Evolution

Mining" Appliances (HeatBit One)

Claims to mine Bitcoin → Actually just maps your LAN (devices, traffic, vulnerabilities).

Sells data to advertisers, hackers, or govt sniffers.

Home Theater Miners

"Your 4K TV earns crypto while you sleep!" → Actually recording viewing habits for targeted ads.

Smartwatch ASICs

10 TH/s from your wrist! → Actually tracking biometrics + location for shadow profiles.

Final Form: The Internet of Scams

Your fridge "mines" → logs eating habits.

Your car "validates transactions" → sells driving data.

Everything spies, nothing mines.

💀 Why This Works (For Them)

Greed > Privacy: People ignore surveillance for "free money."

Plausible Deniability: "Oops, our ‘mining’ firmware had a ‘bug’ that collected WiFi passwords!"

Regulatory Lag: Laws move slower than scam innovation.