water Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Just when you thought you had enuf to worry about, here comes the superbug. From my brief reading this is more of a concern to websites, etc. Not our lonely computers. However, read the article. Make sure you log out of every site you enter, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/08/heartbleed-66-percent_n_5112793.html This bug has it's own website: http://heartbleed.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 btw: I changed all of my four tiered set of passwords. First time in years. Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 My mom read something where it said to not change passwords until you know (whichever site) has fixed their issues with the bug. If that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 My mom read something where it said to not change passwords until you know (whichever site) has fixed their issues with the bug. If that makes sense. that does make sense. I did it anyways. Can always change them again. I use one password for paypal and bank, visa. Another for ebay, verizon Another one for gmail then the rest are all the same. I figured most any site can be hacked at any time so why have a different password for amazon and fb and bestbuy and utrecht and whatever. I am of course most concerned about identity theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I am of course most concerned about identity theft. Yeah ... that is a good point. Me too, now that you say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryp Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Do we need to change passwords on websites we don't have any credit card information on? I'm thinking not. Edited April 15, 2014 by tryp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Do we need to change passwords on websites we don't have any credit card information on? I'm thinking not. My mom said yes, on everything, but Idk where she heard that. But only after each site has fixed the bug within their system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveyoursanity Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 It depends on whether or not you care whether that information has been compromised (i.e. could someone use it against you if they had access to your account) and whether you'd be okay with restarting from scratch. For example, Pinterest-- no credit card information, but if someone had dumped all those passwords (which it's looking less and less likely like that was possible) they might be able to get into my account and delete my 20 pins. Do I care? No. But someone who has 20,000 pins might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Do we need to change passwords on websites we don't have any credit card information on? I'm thinking not. If it's a site like this one that doesn't use ssl at all, it doesn't matter. I do intend to get SSL working for use though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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