Coping with the Heartbleed security flaw (and future Heartbleeds)

Surely you have heard of the Internet security threat Heartbleed by now. But the explanations seem a bit complicated and advice to change all of your passwords yet again seems so “been there, done that.”This is a serious matter. The short explanation is that Heartbleed is not something that infects your computer, but a flaw in the security setup of the websites you visit that could allow wrongdoers to steal some of your personal information when you visit the site. Essentially websites where the address began with https:// were thought to be secure as opposed to the plain http:// address. Then, literally because of a typo by a programmer, that was not so sure. This might not be a big problem if you are reading an …


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