Wait is there even the slightest possibility there is a backdoor to this and the hashrate isn't the hashrate
Dude they are not sending you miners anytime soon, they were probably expecting nothing but a praise
Well yes of course, not mean to potentially start rumors but with the miner being centralized through their site. . if their site is off . . so is your miner and yes ability to use it remotely is possible as well (by you and them potentially) -- nothing is done client side