Jack Recider

It's also interesting to just parse the idea that music is just files. It's data on a computer or a USB drive in this case. And I never thought about applying cybersecurity to music, you know? Like it's acoustic sound waves, not computer files, but no, it is computer files. And so it needs its own version of cybersecurity too. Okay, so let's talk about Reddit.

It's also interesting to just parse the idea that music is just files. It's data on a computer or a USB drive in this case. And I never thought about applying cybersecurity to music, you know? Like it's acoustic sound waves, not computer files, but no, it is computer files. And so it needs its own version of cybersecurity too. Okay, so let's talk about Reddit.

The pop and subreddit for all this was Xtrail. which is a place to post links to unofficial dubstep music. You know, live recordings from concerts, radio mixes, stuff that wasn't on the artist's official Spotify or YouTube or SoundCloud, but it is from that artist. And these alternate versions are sometimes better than the original version.

The pop and subreddit for all this was Xtrail. which is a place to post links to unofficial dubstep music. You know, live recordings from concerts, radio mixes, stuff that wasn't on the artist's official Spotify or YouTube or SoundCloud, but it is from that artist. And these alternate versions are sometimes better than the original version.

And fans were loving this subreddit to listen to new mixes.

And fans were loving this subreddit to listen to new mixes.

That's the nuanced thing about it, though. While people went crazy over leaked tracks and would get a lot of people excited, the subreddit had to take action on this to avoid being labeled as a leak site and get shut down. So they'd remove the leaks and ban the leakers.

That's the nuanced thing about it, though. While people went crazy over leaked tracks and would get a lot of people excited, the subreddit had to take action on this to avoid being labeled as a leak site and get shut down. So they'd remove the leaks and ban the leakers.

The Xchill subreddit is layered like an onion though. Basic stuff was on skin level. Peel it back and you find some juicier content. Traitors with rare stuff. There were rules though. No piracy allowed. And no posting unreleased music. But the rules were often abused.

The Xchill subreddit is layered like an onion though. Basic stuff was on skin level. Peel it back and you find some juicier content. Traitors with rare stuff. There were rules though. No piracy allowed. And no posting unreleased music. But the rules were often abused.

It really takes a certain set of eyes to understand what's going on in X-Show. Because even when something is posted, are you familiar enough with that band and that track to know if this is legit or made up or a leak at all?

It really takes a certain set of eyes to understand what's going on in X-Show. Because even when something is posted, are you familiar enough with that band and that track to know if this is legit or made up or a leak at all?

Skrillex is the biggest name in dubstep. He's a Grammy award-winning artist loved by millions of people. He has millions of followers on Twitter, too. To get his password on Skype is a pretty big deal.

Skrillex is the biggest name in dubstep. He's a Grammy award-winning artist loved by millions of people. He has millions of followers on Twitter, too. To get his password on Skype is a pretty big deal.

God, this is about to get insane. Huge database breaches with millions of usernames and password hashes. Combine that with the ravenous fans willing to stop at nothing to break into dubstep artists' digital lives and steal whatever they can to post it to Xtrill. And Skrillex is one of the first to get a working password for the biggest dubstep artist in the world.

God, this is about to get insane. Huge database breaches with millions of usernames and password hashes. Combine that with the ravenous fans willing to stop at nothing to break into dubstep artists' digital lives and steal whatever they can to post it to Xtrill. And Skrillex is one of the first to get a working password for the biggest dubstep artist in the world.

And dang, that is a sweet combination of Last.fm, Dropbox, and Myspace. pretty much means every dubstep artist would be somewhere in those database breaches. It was just a matter of finding the right username or email to use because those three sites were used a lot by musicians. Dropbox is extremely popular for file sharing.

And dang, that is a sweet combination of Last.fm, Dropbox, and Myspace. pretty much means every dubstep artist would be somewhere in those database breaches. It was just a matter of finding the right username or email to use because those three sites were used a lot by musicians. Dropbox is extremely popular for file sharing.

And if a musician has a label or a manager or someone else that they're collaborating with, sharing their work in progress on Dropbox is very common in this circle. Last.fm and MySpace are places where you can go to post your music, which when you're an up-and-coming artist, you definitely want to be posting everywhere. And yes, MySpace is still around.

And if a musician has a label or a manager or someone else that they're collaborating with, sharing their work in progress on Dropbox is very common in this circle. Last.fm and MySpace are places where you can go to post your music, which when you're an up-and-coming artist, you definitely want to be posting everywhere. And yes, MySpace is still around.