The Podjacker Threat

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Posted by Zonk on Friday December 9, 2005 @05:23AM from the save-the-children dept.

Schlemphfer writes "As everyone knows by now, podcasting has taken off in a big way. But over the past week, several tech journals and The Daily Source Code have reported on the threat of 'podjacking,' the creation of an alternate RSS feed without the consent of the podcast's owner. I'm the host of a podcast, which has the dubious distinction of being the first widely-publicized victim of a podjacking. To teach others from my experiences I have posted an article entitled Preventing and Surviving a Podjacking (also available in PDF). So far this story has attracted widespread but generally inept media and blogger coverage. This article sets the record straight on what really happened, and shows the simple steps every podcaster should take to protect their shows from podjacking."

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PLEASE, enough with the words! by RPoet · 2005-12-09 05:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Do we HAVE to invent new contorted words for every variation of everything these days? Podjacking? Webinar? Blogosphere, podosphere? Vlog? Moblogging? I'm in pain here!

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1. Re:PLEASE, enough with the words! by gid13 · 2005-12-09 05:32 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  You will like this page:
  
  http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ba nish
2. Re:PLEASE, enough with the words! by dr_dank · 2005-12-09 05:38 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Do we HAVE to invent new contorted words for every variation of everything these days? Podjacking? Webinar? Blogosphere, podosphere? Vlog? Moblogging? I'm in pain here!
  
  Those are perfectly cromulent words.
  
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  Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
uh, uh, uh, uh, by everphilski · 2005-12-09 05:29 · Score: 5, Funny

uh, uh, uh, uh, ooooh baby....

er.... sorry, you caught me at a bad time, I was podjacking...

-everphilski-
1. Re:uh, uh, uh, uh, by jcr · 2005-12-09 05:31 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Don't you know podjacking can make you go blind, boy? Now, say 10 "Hail Marys", and ego te absolvo.
  
  -jcr
  
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  The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
2. Re:uh, uh, uh, uh, by Poltras · 2005-12-09 06:10 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  podjacked at the moment. Please come again later.
  
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  Of Code And Men
My precious data. by croddy · 2005-12-09 05:30 · Score: 4, Funny

It's MINE.
MY. OWN.
MY data. My precioussssss....
This is funny by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-09 05:32 · Score: 5, Funny

"I could see at a glance the danger posed by this incorrect listing"

Yes, imagine the danger of people listening to the wrong inconsequential ramblings of somebody with no life.

The consequences are beyond words!
Re:*Gnashes Teeth* by xnderxnder · 2005-12-09 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, it could be worse.. he could have called it podsquatting.

Eew!

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Lesson by okjeff · 2005-12-09 05:36 · Score: 5, Funny

Let this be a lesson to the podcastees: Meat is the greatest thing ever.
Vegan.com podcast? by saskboy · 2005-12-09 05:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Sorry, but it has to be said:

Save a cow...Eat a Vegan!

-/Karma burning calories

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Jipahddis, establishing bases in Podjackistan by ScentCone · 2005-12-09 05:40 · Score: 4, Funny

Enough.

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WHAAAAAAAAT by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-09 05:41 · Score: 4, Funny

Cant this PODJACKING make sense? how about like CAR JACKING, when someone jacks your car...how about when someone jacks your POD it is called podjacking....and when someone jacks your podcast its PODCASTJACKING
Recent Father/Slashdotter Conversation by Ranger · 2005-12-09 05:48 · Score: 2, Funny

Father:*knock* *knock* Son, I need to use the RSStroom.

Slashdotter: **long pause** Go away. I'm busy!

Father: Open this door right now! You better not be podjacking in there!

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"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
Re:*Gnashes Teeth* by Kelson · 2005-12-09 05:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Carjacking. Skyjacking. Podjacking.

It's official. English is officially jacked up.
Re:Same as hotlinking by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-09 06:08 · Score: 2, Funny

Please, for the love of God, stop making up these stupid blog/pod mashup words for insignificant events.
Please, stop with all the plogsmacking. You are negaposting the webpinionsphere.
Re:I'm Lutheran by sunwukong · 2005-12-09 06:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Ha ha -- you've been clodjacked!
YAY HYPOCRISY by mdxi · 2005-12-09 07:03 · Score: 4, Funny

"Web 2.0!" say the bloggers. "Podcast!" say the bloggers. "RSS/ATOM!" say
the bloggers. "Down with oppressive media! Democratize publishing!" say the
bloggers. And now that things are finally becoming standardized, and
XML-based, and easilly parsable and reusable, it turns out they don't LIKE
it when someone reuses *their* stuff in a way they didn't envision.

WHERE IS YOUR PRECIOUS "REMIX CULTURE" NOW?

Assholes.

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1. Re:YAY HYPOCRISY by argent · 2005-12-12 09:24 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I remixed culture and ended up with a sushi burrito!
Re:I'm Lutheran by Profane+MuthaFucka · 2005-12-09 07:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Haha, you've been ... godjacked?

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Re:I'm Lutheran by jcr · 2005-12-09 07:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Well, never mind then. Podjack all you want, you're going to hell anyway!

-jcr

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The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."