Thread: Heartbleed bug
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Old 04-10-2014, 04:13 PM   #14
Hamlet53
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
'zactly.

Everybody's gotta do what helps them sleep better at night. I get that. But here's the three scenarios I currently see regarding Heartbleed:
  1. They already got my personal info and I'm already screwed--even if I change my password now.
  2. I changed my password in time, but the site hasn't been patched against Heartbleed and my personal info is still vulnerable.
  3. The site has already closed the Heartbleed hole, and I'm changing my password because it's just good practice.

Other than making sure my passwords aren't silly-simple, I've come to the realization that I really don't have a single bit of control over my own online "security."

Even if I had absolutely no online accounts, the companies, and financial institutions I did business with would still store my personal info in hackable databases. *shrug*
Yes that's about it. The only thing that I have done so far is to avoid logging onto yahoo until I'm sure that it's in the clear.

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Originally Posted by daffy4u View Post
Mashable has a chart that's a little easier to read.

http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heart...ites-affected/

I use LastPass and have been changing passwords as advised (sometimes you have to wait for sites to update their certificates).
I find it funny that Target is on that list with a no [not impacted].
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