The NSA has apparently known about Heartbleed for years, but the general public-was only made aware of the devastating bug a few days ago. Many of us are at a loss for what to do, but smartphone security firm Lookout is living up to its name with a free app that will allow you to check and see if your Android device is vulnerable. Lookout’s Heartbleed Detector app determines which of OpenSSL is running and then tells users whether or not their phones could have-been affected by Heartbleed. If the app finds a vulnerable device, it won’t be able to wipe the bug from your system, but Google is already sending out patches to mobile phone carriers than will eliminate



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