Consumers Can't Stanch Heartbleeding

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Consumers Can't Stanch Heartbleeding

Consumers can do little to protect themselves from the catastrophic Heartbleed bug.
"Catastrophic is the right word," wrote security guru Bruce Schneier in his blog this week. "On the scale of 1 to 10, this is an 11." Heartbleed is an extension of the SSL/TLS protocol used to encrypt data in transit on the Internet. Heartbleed is used to keep a secure connection alive.

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