The Podjacker Threat

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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"Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
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-
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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hooked up funny
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.