Delurking / coming up for air to share this layperson's guide to the massive website security vulnerability known as "Heartbleed."

In short: change your passwords.

Additionally, if you use Yahoo mail, I would strongly suggest moving away from it. They were vulnerable long after other major sites worked on a fix.

http://heartbleed.centresource.com/

http://www.vox.com/2014/4/8/5593654/heartbleed-explainer-big-new-web-security-flaw-compromise-privacy