Because I have failed my duties as a blogger who not only aims to philosophical and religious discussions , but also posts about internet security and data privacy by not writing anything formal about the massive "Heartbleed" exploit in the openSSL protocol , I will provide the following videos if anyone is still interested.So while it is too late for me to write a dedicated post (given the sheer number that exist), there are a few videos that are important for the layperson to see if they want to understand what "Heartbleed" actually is.The first is a video from Elastica Inc. explaining the "Heartbeat" program in openSSL:The next is a video by Lynda indicating what companies are doing to fix the exploit as well as what you should(you can check to see if a company has fixed the exploit using this handy tool by LastPass ):Additionally, if sites offer it, you should enable two-step verification and you can read how to do that here And finally, a wise thing to do is to utilize a password manager (I explain them indepth here ) and change them if needed. For instructions on how to use a password manager efficiently, please see my explanation here

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