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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Heartbleed bug affects gadgets everywhere (cellphone, routers, etc)
I also heard Android phones with OS v4.1.1 are affected - http://mashable.com/2014/04/11/devic...to-heartbleed/
... and NSA has been using this to hack into many places for the last 2 years. ![]() Quote:
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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FYI, this is a fundamental problem with OpenSSL and not some virus or something. Until a website updates their OpenSSL certificate, they are exploitable. So do not think that simply changing your password will make you safe. The website has to first update their OpenSSL certificate and then you have to change your password.
This was accurate as of April 10: ![]() For other sites, HERE IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST. Additionally, both Steam and Origin were affected and have been patched. So update your passwords there as well!
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NOW IN CINEMAPHONIC QUADROVISION!
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: I hated going to weddings cause all the grandmas would poke me saying "you're next, you're next". They stopped saying that when I did it to them at Funerals.
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Once new devices with fixed versions for this exploit is out, I'm buying a new router. Mine is old anyways.
I'm glad I don't use a lot of sites with passwords other than games. So I'm good for all of those ![]() but gasps! Someone could have checked my log and found out I go to big titty transvestites sites! |
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but everybody already knows that.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England
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If it's been a problem for like 2 years isn't a bit late by now anyway....
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Olé!
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Denver, Colorado
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What does updating a certificate mean? Is that like a license? So it expires and all of a sudden it just opens up until you renew? That's a big sign saying "NEVER USE SSL" if I ever saw one. It should be safe no matter the status of the certificate. Is the certificate on paper? I bet it is. It probably even has a gold stamp on it. You then scan it into the computer as a lossy JPG and then everything is patched.
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