The Podjacker Threat

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."

PLEASE, enough with the words!

[RPoet]

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!

uh, uh, uh, uh,

[everphilski]

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

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

-everphilski-

My precious data.

[croddy]

It's MINE.

MY. OWN.

MY data. My precioussssss....

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This is funny

[Anonymous Coward]

"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:PLEASE, enough with the words!

[gid13]

You will like this page:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ba nish [thebestpag...iverse.net]

Re:*Gnashes Teeth*

[xnderxnder]

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

Eew!

Lesson

[okjeff]

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

Re:PLEASE, enough with the words!

[dr_dank]

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.

Vegan.com podcast?

[saskboy]

Sorry, but it has to be said:

Save a cow...Eat a Vegan!

-/Karma burning calories

Jipahddis, establishing bases in Podjackistan

[ScentCone]

Enough.

WHAAAAAAAAT

[Anonymous Coward]

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

[Ranger]

Father:*knock* *knock* Son, I need to use the RSStroom. [djspyhunter.com]

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

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

Re:*Gnashes Teeth*

[Kelson]

Carjacking. Skyjacking. Podjacking.

It's official. English is officially jacked up.

Re:Same as hotlinking

[Anonymous Coward]

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:uh, uh, uh, uh,

[Poltras]

podjacked at the moment. Please come again later.

Re:I'm Lutheran

[sunwukong]

Ha ha -- you've been clodjacked!

YAY HYPOCRISY

[mdxi]

"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.

Re:I'm Lutheran

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Haha, you've been ... godjacked?

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Re:YAY HYPOCRISY

[argent]

I remixed culture and ended up with a sushi burrito!