[gui-talk] Fw: [Nfbc-info] identity theft alert

[Doug Lee]

I'm very confused. To my knowledge, that site is nothing more than a
site for pasting text blocks and getting a link to them, such as for
tech support in an IRC channel. I also don't see any way this actually
relates to blindness. I'm open to being told what I'm missing though.

Typical use of this and similar sites works like this: I am in a text
support channel, IRC or similar, and I am having problems with a piece
of program code. Pasting a 50-line block of code into an IRC channel
is decidedly rude, so I go to a site like this, paste it there into an
edit box, get a link to it, and put just the link into the text chat
I'm in, so those interested in helping me can see my code in their
browsers without me spamming the channel.

So pastebin and others like it publicize only and exactly what users
put there. If a credit card number, SSN, or something like that is put
up, it's because a user on the Internet put it there, not because
Pastebin put it there.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 04:48:08PM -0700, Rob Kaiser via gui-talk wrote:
I thought this could be of interest to all of you. This doesn't sound like a
blind issue at first, but when you read the complete email, you will see that
it is an issue concerning all blind people who use screen reading software.





Rob Kaiser, President National Federation of the Blind of California Orange
County Chapter cell#(760)792-0525 email;
rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
-----Original Message----- From: Lisa Irving via Nfbc-info
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 11:48 PM
To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbc-info] identity theft alert

Hello All,





Please be advised that your personal information may be posted on
www.pastebin.com. This website publically posts social security numbers,
credit cards and security codes, name, birthdate and addresses for
unsuspecting individuals such as you and me. www.pastebin.com is a very
lousy example of an accessible website for those of screen reading software
users. Please pass this information to people that you care about.



Warmly,

Lisa Irving

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