WordPress Problems
Successful software wrote about their problems with WordPress and why they hesitate to rely on a third party for their blog. I was generally very happy with the service, which has been free so far apart from paying a few dollars for the redirect. But when I tried to log into this blog on Wednesday, all I saw were the chilling words account suspended. The blog itself was still up, but I couldn t log in to change anything or export it. I emailed wordpress technical support and started backing up the text of all the articles I had not backed up already. Then the images started disappearing from the blog. Then the blog disappeared altogether, replaced by a message saying that it had been suspended for violations of terms of service. Apparently wordpress can shutdown your blog at any time without warning, without right of appeal and without giving a reason.
More on RSS Security
RSS is growing at a lightening speed. What was once only known as a “techie tool”, RSS is becoming a tool that is continuously being used by the general population. Along with the good comes, the not so good. And while some have mentioned the emergence of RSS spam, where content publishers dynamically generate nonsensical feeds stuffed with keywords, the real concern relates to security. While an annoyance to the search engines, spam in RSS feeds pales in comparison to the possible security concerns that could be in RSS’ future. Security Implications Related to RSS. As RSS gains momentum security fears loom large. As publishers are quickly finding innovative uses for RSS feeds, hackers are taking notice. The power and extendibility of RSS in its simplest form is also its achilles heel. RSS Security Concerns
AOL RSS Feed Directory
It appears AOL has added a feed directory. It is not clear how to add feeds, but its clear they too acknowledge the RSS trend. AOL RSS Feed Directory
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