The password manager
Lastpass has added a function to test all the sites it manages and let you know what to do about that site with respect to the HeartBleed defect. When I ran that function I got back a list of a dozen or so sites, including banks, along with Lastpass's determination of whether or not the defect had been patched and whether or not the new certificate had been issued. I address this at more length in a subsequent blog entry. It did tell me that I should change the password for Barclays.
I went to the Barclays web site and, after logging in, found this on the left side of the main page:
I clicked the link and the instructions were as follows:
Conclusion: we all have some work to do. Fortunately, I use Lastpass, so I have a list of all the sites where I have user ids and passwords. Plus Lastpass has offered this service to help me prioritize what I should be doing.
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