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Heartbleed is a scary, scary bug. Without getting into the technical aspects of this recently discovered security hole, it’s an issue with OpenSSL, the security protocol used to encrypt web traffic. How vast is this gaping security hole? According to experts, about 66% of the entire Internet is impacted by Heartbleed. It sounds terrifying… and it is. The Wire put together a great comprehensive post explaining what the vulnerability is and how it works, but the most important thing to know is what you should do about it. And unfortunately, for the time being, options are pretty limited and ineffective. Because this bug exists on numerous hugely popular websites such as Yahoo, Tumblr, OKCupid and Flickr, millions of usernames and passwords may