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

[Steve Jacobson]

Rob,

I only see a reference to that site being a bad example of an accessible site for screen readers.  There are millions of those.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:43:48 -0700, Rob Kaiser via gui-talk wrote:

>Toward the end of the message, it said that it was a site for 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: Doug Lee via gui-talk
>Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 6:38 PM
>To: Rob Kaiser via gui-talk
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fw: [Nfbc-info] identity theft alert

>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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