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The Podjacker Threat

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. PLEASE, enough with the words! by RPoet · · 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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    "Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
    1. Re:PLEASE, enough with the words! by dr_dank · · 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?
  2. uh, uh, uh, uh, by everphilski · · 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 · · 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."
  3. My precious data. by croddy · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's MINE.

    MY. OWN.

    MY data. My precioussssss....

  4. This is funny by Anonymous Coward · · 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!

  5. Re:*Gnashes Teeth* by xnderxnder · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Eew!

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    hooked up funny
  6. Lesson by okjeff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let this be a lesson to the podcastees: Meat is the greatest thing ever.

  7. Vegan.com podcast? by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry, but it has to be said:

    Save a cow...Eat a Vegan!

    -/Karma burning calories

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    Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
  8. Jipahddis, establishing bases in Podjackistan by ScentCone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Enough.

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    Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
  9. WHAAAAAAAAT by Anonymous Coward · · 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

  10. Re:*Gnashes Teeth* by Kelson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Carjacking. Skyjacking. Podjacking.

    It's official. English is officially jacked up.

  11. Re:I'm Lutheran by sunwukong · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ha ha -- you've been clodjacked!

  12. YAY HYPOCRISY by mdxi · · 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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    Posted with Mozilla