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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 6:04 pm
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Originally Posted by nmenaker
Don't go changing your passwords right now at all, that's the worst thing one could do. The passwords ON a site are not currently at risk. It's the passwords and information currently IN TRANSIT that is the issue. If you go and change your password on a site that is currently not secure, you're creating the risk in that scenario. A lot of this has been updated already for several months by most critical sites. I would hope that many would continue to finish the updates soon now.
+1. Changing your password now is about the riskiest thing you can do. Better advice is to not visit any sensitive SSL sites (like your bank) for a few days (or weeks) until they patch their OpenSSL.

Originally Posted by dtsm
LastPass and NoScript. Don't surf the web without them.

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