https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html<p>I got captchad on Bloomberg and Chrome started using 100% of my cpu. Just wanted to know if this is illegal because I have a 13900ks and I haven't optimized my mb settings so it overheated my computer. What a shitty tactic. Might just report it to ic3.gov<p>I'm half joking, but really, does anyone know about the legality of this, and does it behave the same way for you?
No, it’s not illegal. Even if you could demonstrate a redressable injury (which is unlikely) theirs is not now —- and arguably could never be —- any legal requirement to write efficient, bug free code. Even if there were, good luck establishing that a hot loop was written with malicious intent.
If a stranger calls you up and tells you to go run around the block ten times at a full sprint, and you do it, and collapse with heat stroke ... it's not the stranger's fault.<p>Though they can still be an asshat, like Amazon is when they play every product video at full volume.