[Ohio-Talk] Please spread the word!

[Jim Weiss]

All,
This is a wonderful idea, but a word of caution.  Scammers are using these types of posts to gather your personal information, as recently reported by the Better Business Bureau.  Just be mindful of what information you are putting on social media for everyone to see.  They encourage people not to post the name of their high school, year of graduation and/or school mascot.  These are often answers to security questions.  I personally experienced this just the other day.  My high school name and year of graduation is right there on my Facebook page and when I logged into my bank app I was presented with a password reset screen and my security question was “What was the name of your high school?”.
I am not trying to rain on this parade, but just reminding everyone to be careful as to what you make public information.  I personally would have never thought of this until I read the article and then just by chance that same day I was presented with that same security challenge.

Best regards,
Jim Weiss

> On Apr 26, 2020, at 11:25 AM, Kinshuk Tella via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Ohio,
> 
> As we all know, all high schools and colleges have been shut down for the
> majority of the spring semester and this has affected millions around the
> country. But for the seniors of the class of 2020, this means that they are
> unable to have the commencement graduation ceremony that they have been
> anticipating for years. Along with other events such as Prom for highschool
> seniors, the class of 2020 has unfortunately been forced to miss out. As a
> result, the Ohio Association of Blind students is proud to announce a
> community project called “Adopt a Senior”. This is a community initiative
> in which those of the class of 2020 who are blind or visually impaired in
> Highschool or college can post a short biography of themselves in the
> facebook group titled “NFB Adopt a Senior”. Then others within the NFB can
> support these students through interactions on the facebook group and
> through the exchange of gifts of any sort. This is where the Adopt part
> comes in. One would choose a student to send a gift to through the mail as
> a token of support. We hope to create a supportive and fun platform to
> support the class of 2020. If you or anyone you know may be interested in
> being an adopter or adoptee, please join the facebook group NFB Adopt a
> Senior.
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