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By Jamie Condliffe Published January 14, 2013, 3:57 am ET

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Oracle claims to have patched the Java vulnerability that Homeland Security was worried about. Browse freely! [Oracle]

Even The Department Of Homeland Security Wants You To Disable Your Java

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