OpenSSL “Heartbleed” vulnerability highly likely to impact smartphone users

If you spend any amount of time on the internet, you have very likely heard about a flaw in the OpenSSL project where a vulnerability has been discovered that pretty much renders the whole secure layer impotent. It is being referred to as “Heartbleed.”



A number of web-sites have been quietly updating their protocols while others have been noting the flaw does not affect their services. The good news is a lot of enterprise level services, along with Apple, BlackBerry, and Microsoft are not affected by Heartbleed.



The bad news is that services like Yahoo! and other tech sites like ...



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