The "Heart Bleed" bug has compromised two-thirds of the internet. How can you protect yourself? In the third part of the marijuana series, AirTalk takes a look at how marijuana should be taxed in California. The LA 2020 commission published its first report in January. How can Los Angeles create more jobs?
'Heartbleed' bug compromises two-thirds of the Internet — How to protect your data
More than half a million Web sites are vulnerable to the “Heartbleed” bug - a major flaw in the security software known as OpenSSL. SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and it is the technology that establishes a secure encrypted link between a Web server and your browser. In other words, it is what ensures that your information (usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers) travels safely and privately from your browser to the Web server hosting some of your most-frequented Web sites. The “Heartbleed” bug allows potential hackers to steal that “secret” information.
So, what sites have been affected? There’s no way for a server administrator to know if their server has been compromised, so tech experts say they just have to assume that they have been.
But GitHub lists Yahoo, Flickr, and OKCupid among sites that they deem vulnerable. Tools have also popped up online that allow you to search for yourself to see if a Website is at risk.
The “Heartbleed” security flaw went undetected in OpenSSL for two years because using it leaves no trace of anything abnormal happening to the secure encryption logs. How can one know whether personal information has already been intercepted by a hacker? Should I change my password right away? If breaches such as this are an ever-present threat, how can we better protect ourselves in the future?
Guests:
Seth Rosenblatt, Senior Editor, CNET
Jody Westby, CEO & Founder of Global Cyber Risk, a cybersecurity firm that provides advisory services to corporations and governments in the U.S. and globally. She is also Chair of the American Bar Association's Privacy and Computer Crime Committee
From grow-ops to greenbacks: How should California regulate and tax recreational pot
In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. Today, over 20 states are looking into creating or enlarging their medical pot programs.
Public perception has overwhelmingly shifted toward the legalization of recreational marijuana since Colorado and Washington voted to put the practice in place, and California is seen as one of a handful of states that will inevitably follow suit.
Four measures for the November 2014 ballot were introduced, but all four have subsequently been scrapped. As the state’s pro-legalization movement gears up for 2016, AirTalk looks at how the state should tax and regulate the substance.
Guests:
Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy at UCLA and a nationally recognized expert in the field of crime and drug policy. He is co-author of “Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Lynne Lyman, the CA State Director for the Drug Policy Alliance, the pro-legalization organization that was behind “The Control, Regulate and Tax Marijuana Act,” a ballot measure intended for the 2014 November ballot that was subsequently scrapped
Many would-be grandparents feel the tick of 'biological clock'
In the U.S., men and women are waiting longer than ever to get married. According to a 2013 report from the University of Virginia, the average age at which men first marry in America has risen to 28.7, and 26.5 for women. And data released last year from the National Center for Health Statistics show that it's becoming more commonplace for women in their late 30s and 40s to have children.
These demographic changes are creating unintended consequences for another group of people: would-be grandparents who feel that their biological clocks are ticking. Because of the delay, many Americans are having to wait until they are in the 70s to have their first grandchild.
Experts say older grandparenthood has important social implications and has huge impact on the grandparent-grandchild relationship.
Are you an older grandparent? Has that changed the way you relate to your grandchildren?
Guest:
Merril Silverstein, Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University whose research focuses on aging
How can LA create more jobs? LA 2020 commission's new report looks at solutions
The LA 2020 commission put together last year by city council president Herb Wesson painted a pretty dismal picture of the future of the city in its first report published in January.
The report, ‘A Time for Truth, found that there was a crisis in the leadership and direction of the city. Now the panel has released their second and final report that offers solutions to the problems identified earlier this year.
'A Time for Action' highlights ways that Los Angeles can create more jobs and put the city back on a path to prosperity. It focuses on three areas of change - accountability and transparency; fiscal stability; and job creation. There are no “silver bullets”, it says, but if the city adopts the proposed measures then Los Angeles won’t get left behind in the 21st century.
What can LA’s leaders do to turn things around? Can the city afford to implement some of these proposed changes? What should be the priority?
Guests:
Austin Beutner, Chairman of Vision to Learn, Co-chair and Principal Author of LA 2020's A Time for Action report.
Mickey Kantor, former Secretary of Commerce and Chair, LA 2020's A Time for Action report.