### Issue 1813 - Monday 27th March, 2023

## In Today's Issue

- Utah passes strict social media laws for kids & age verification for everyone
- Internet Archive loses copyright infringement case with publishers, will appeal
- Latitude hack bigger than first thought, 7.9m people impacted
- Gordon Moore passes away, GitHub accidentally leaks private SSH key, Apple's VR/AR headset gets demoed for 100 execs, Twitter stuff
- Cheap Viofo dashcam, Patriot & Samsung SSDs, Sonoff Zigbee USB dongle, SanDisk USB flash drive, Coles Mobile, Apple gift cards, Logitech M720 mouse, DJI drone & controller, Sony ZV-1F camera, 83" LG OLED, Edifier speakers, Microsoft 365 Family, refurb Lenovo tiny PC, refurb Dell laptop

## The News

### Utah passes strict social media laws for kids & age verification for everyone

The US state of Utah has passed a law that will "prohibit kids under 18 from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., require age verification for anyone who wants to use social media in the state and open the door to lawsuits on behalf of children claiming social media harmed them". It's supposed to take effect March 2024, but the tech companies are obviously suing the state to get them repealed, so it might not actually begin by then. Other states like Arkansas, Texas, Ohio, Louisiana and even New Jersey are scoping out similar regulations. It was good while it lasted folks, the internet as we loved it is dead, the normies have taken over.

### Internet Archive loses copyright infringement case with publishers, will appeal

A New York federal judge has found against the Internet Archive in the lawsuit brought upon it by Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House. The publishers reckon the Internet Archive's "open library" is mass copyright infringement despite "controlled digital lending" (i.e: 1 copy loaned for each physical copy the Internet Archive owns) put in place and the judge agreed, saying that "IA's wholesale copying and unauthorized lending of digital copies of the Publishers' print books does not transform the use of the books, and IA profits from exploiting the copyrighted material without paying the customary price". The AI will appeal the decision, but it doesn't look good for them unfortunately.

### Latitude hack bigger than first thought, 7.9m people impacted

So, uh, that Latitude hack/data breach? It's way worse than Latitude first said it is. They confirmed today that "details of 14 million consumers were stolen", "including the driver licence numbers of 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand customers". The breadth of drivers licence data goes back all the way to 2005! The full statement Latitude gave to the ASX doesn't outline how this happened, just that the AFP and ACSC are helping to investigate. An article in the AFR last week reckons IT outsourcing company DXC is to blame, with someone grabbing DXC's admin details and using them to probe around Latitude's network. There's no proof or evidence of this, "just AFR weekend understands", so could be bullshit.

## Something I Saw On The Internet

### Gordon Moore passes away, GitHub accidentally leaks private SSH key, Apple's VR/AR headset gets demoed for 100 execs, Twitter stuff

- Co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, member of the "traitorous eight", Intel co-founder and father of "Moore's Law" Gordon Moore, passed away at age 94 over the weekend. Absolute legend of the semiconductor industry. Good time to re-watch this oral history he gave to the Computer History Museum in 2008. Anandtech has a delightful post of Gordon's cubicle/museum at Intel's HQ.
- GitHub accidentally published its private RSA SSH key in a public GitHub repository. No sign of it being abused and they quickly generated a new key and it's only the RSA key, but oh the irony of this happening to GitHub. If you were pushing to GitHub via SSH you'll need to read this and update your setup.
- The Apple rumour mill is reporting that 100 of Apple's highest-ranking execs received a demo of a mixed-reality headset that's very close to production. Unlike most new product categories for Apple, there's "internal skeptics" that "have questioned if the new device is a solution in search of a problem". WWDC 2023 is gonna be a spicy one.
- Looks like "some parts of Twitter's source code" have been leaked online, confirmed by a legal document from Twitter asking GitHub to remove it. Also in Twitter land, Musk has valued the company at US$20b, less than half of what he paid for it a few months ago. It's okay, he sees a "clear but difficult path" to Twitter somehow being worth US$250b. Yeah, alright champ, sure. Your hair is real and your kids still love you too.

## Bargains

- VIOFO A129 Plus Duo Dash Camera - $199.99 from Amazon
- Patriot Burst Elite 2.5" SATA SSD 1.92TB/960GB - $133/$67.50 from Amazon
- Sonoff USB Zigbee dongle (Silicon Labs EFR32MG21) - $20 from Aliexpress
- SanDisk 256GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 flash drive - $27.25 from Amazon
- Coles Mobile 120GB/200GB 365-day SIM with unlimited calls & SMS to 15 countries - $119/$169 from Coles
- 20x Flybuys points on Apple gift cards at Coles
- Logitech M720 Triathlon Multi-Device Wireless Mouse - $47.20 at JB Hi-Fi
- DJI Mavic 3 Classic with DJI RC Controller - $2280 + delivery from VideoPro
- Sony ZV-1F "volgging" camera - $605.70 from camerahouse's eBay store
- LG OLED83C1PTA 83" OLED TV - $5850 + delivery from Appliance Central
- Edifier R1380T speakers - $89 delivered from Wireless1
- Microsoft 365 Family 1 year licence (digital delivery) - $94 from SaveOnIT
- Refurb Lenovo M920Q Tiny PC (i5-8500T, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, wi-fi) - $342.87 from Technology Locker's eBay store
- Refurb Dell Latitude 5500 laptop (i5-8365U, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1080p) - $409 from Corporatepc
- Samsung T7 Touch 1TB Portable SSD - $119 from Officeworks

## Image Of The Day

A framed photo located near Gordon Moore's desk at Intel, showing Moore holding up a life size representation of a die layout. (Anandtech)

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