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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. *Gnashes Teeth* by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Podcasting was bad enough, maybe not as bad as blog, blogger, and blogging, but annoying nonetheless. Podjacking now? Gah.

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  2. This must be the most useless slashdot thread ever by bill_kress · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The breakdown of this thread so far:
    20% I hate podcasting!
    60% Stop making up new words!
    19% Repeating the problem and saying it's "No big deal"
    1% Noticing how useless these comments are.

    There, now go on to the next article or get back to work.