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Heartbeat OpenSSL bug does not affect OSX.
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1577060"><p>I think the advice is this article is more than a little overboard, but here's what Cult of Mac has to say:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/273524/heartbleed-security-bug-apple-users-need-know/" target="_blank">Heartbleed Security Bug: What Apple Users Need to Know | Cult of Mac</a></p><p></p><p>Aside from dancing around like your hair's on fire, I have to point out that this exploit has been around since March with no reported problems. YES, I'd avoid logging into sites that aren't on the all-clear list for a while. But changing every password for every site? Uh, no.</p><p></p><p>It's a serious problem, but any site worth its salt is downgrading (or replacing) its OpenSSL implementation as we speak, so I think this is another case of "could be dangerous, everybody FREAK THE F OUT" instead of "let's take sensible precautions in an orderly way."</p><p></p><p>Less hysterical article on the topic: <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6076117" target="_blank">Apple Community</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1577060"] I think the advice is this article is more than a little overboard, but here's what Cult of Mac has to say: [URL='http://www.cultofmac.com/273524/heartbleed-security-bug-apple-users-need-know/']Heartbleed Security Bug: What Apple Users Need to Know | Cult of Mac[/URL] Aside from dancing around like your hair's on fire, I have to point out that this exploit has been around since March with no reported problems. YES, I'd avoid logging into sites that aren't on the all-clear list for a while. But changing every password for every site? Uh, no. It's a serious problem, but any site worth its salt is downgrading (or replacing) its OpenSSL implementation as we speak, so I think this is another case of "could be dangerous, everybody FREAK THE F OUT" instead of "let's take sensible precautions in an orderly way." Less hysterical article on the topic: [URL='https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6076117']Apple Community[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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