A Starbucks customer in Buenos Aires accused the famous cafe of illegally exploiting Bitcoin using his personal computer.

Starbucks' not-so-free WiFi

Noah Dinkin, the man who discovered that his laptop was used to extract cryptocurrency via free WiFi Starbucks, tweeted a screenshot to prove it on December 2nd.

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His capture of 39 screen shows that the WiFi provider in Starbucks Buenos Aires imposes a 10-second delay when you connect to WiFi to be able to extract crypto using the client's laptop.

The original tweet of Dinkin currently has over 100 comments, with customers fearing for their safety.Many people have commented that the script of St The free WiFi arbucks is actually mining Monero and not Bitcoin.

D & # 39; Other commentators have suggested that the whole thing could be a publicity stunt for the company, which is supported by the fact that, if this operation were actually carried out in a store, it could only bring a few cents per day, according to another commentate

Starbucks Responds

Starbucks responded to Dinkin on Twitter to clear up the prosecution 10 days later.

As soon as we were alerted to the situation in this specific store last week, we acted quickly to ensure our internet provider solved the problem and made the changes necessary so that our customers can use Wi-Fi in our store safely. – Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) December 11, 2017

apologetic Tweet to Dinkin, the company was sure to point out that the incident only occurred in one from their stores, and noted that they took swift action to solve the problem. They also handed the responsibility of the situation to their Internet provider

Remains to be seen if this technical problem, business strategy or subject of trial, will be settled in the coming weeks .