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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI Implore You To Change Certain Passwords Due To Heartbleed
I'm getting more and more info from colleagues that the worst is yet to come if service users don't take action.
The good news is that since Dropbox just hired Kindasleazy Rice, you can just delete that particular service.
More info on that hypocrisy here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014777401
The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now
http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)if you haven't had issue to this point....
onehandle
(51,122 posts)el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)A shame about Dropbox - as it's useful - and i'm sort of mandated to use it in a limited way for work.
Bryant
woodsprite
(11,923 posts)hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)Look at all the social media crap on that list. 'Glad that I have abstained and deleted google account a year or more ago.
hlthe2b
(102,342 posts)unfortunately, that follows the barn door being open for two years. Sigh....
sinkingfeeling
(51,470 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
Skinner
(63,645 posts)Thank you.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)When your employer requires you to use Dropbox, I don't think it is quite that simple of an action to just delete Dropbox.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Change your password.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)While it's not my employer, nor do I use it, the person that has to use it did the password change.
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)I'm in very good shape overall. No social media, only one or two others like gmail and google. Easy enough to change those.
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)procrastinating, but now it's gone.
gerogie2
(450 posts)Period. Everything that is accessible via the Internet can be hacked into. The encryption used on the Internet is between the web browser and the web server. The data on your hard drive and at the web server storage is not encrypted. A hacker can gain access to steal the database of information from the web server & the cloud. If your smart you will put a credit freeze at all 5 credit reporting agencies and at the IRS with Form 14039. Otherwise in the near future you will be in the hell of ID theft and be stuck writing letters and submitting endless affidavits for years to come. You're lucky if you act today. I was first an ID theft victim 20 years ago and there was no protection for me like there is for you today, so be smart and protect yourself and your family by acting preemptively.
Xithras
(16,191 posts)...keep in mind that, as of now, there still haven't been any information leaks traceable to this bug prior to it's public announcement. A number of log searches were initially thought to have revealed evidence of Heartbleed scans prior to that announcement, but all have now been traced to other unrelated security scans. The only claimed exploit, at this point, is the unnamed anonymous source who claimed that the NSA used it. Given the braggadocio that tends to surround many hacking groups, it's hard to believe that nobody has revealed their use of the bug yet.
It's increasingly looking like we may have dodged a bullet. It's like coming home after a long day at work and realizing that you forgot to lock your front door after leaving for the morning. Sure, it was a massive security hole and someone could have robbed you blind, but that doesn't necessarily mean that someone did.
Given what I do for a living, I'm watching closely for reports of confirmed attacks from the bug. So far, all of the confirmed attacks seem to have popped up AFTER it was announced.
But change your passwords anyway.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Or so they say.