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By now you should know that "123456" is not a smart password.

If youre still using a weak password like that gaping sieve -- and havent even changed all your online
passwords since news of the wretched Heartbleed SSL vulnerability broke -- youre hacker bait.
Failing to create super strong online passwords leaves the keys to your banking, credit card, social media,
email and more -- basically your whole life -- within dangerous reach of hackers grubbing hands.
You could either a) do nothing and take your chances (which we strongly advise against) or b) take the 10 or
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