Hand over your Facebook password, you vill comply. LOL

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012 ... -passwords

Glad I don't have Facebook. Or Tweets LOL. Here comes big brother again! It's an outrage!

Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants' Facebook passwords...
Employers and colleges find the treasure-trove of personal information hiding behind password-protected accounts and privacy walls just too tempting, and some are demanding full access from job applicants and student athletes.

In Maryland, job seekers applying to the state's Department of Corrections have been asked during interviews to log into their accounts and let an interviewer watch while the potential employee clicks through wall posts, friends, photos and anything else that might be found behind the privacy wall.

I don't have Facebook or Twitter either (and whether I do or not is none of my employer's business either IMO). Can't wait for our HR Nazi to ask me for passwords! This'll be fun!!

:Slpfigh:

Pretty funny, they want to look at my cousin's baby pictures and relatives farmville requests? I hope it helps their insommnia.

I refused to be assimilated by the Borg (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, ad nauseum)... They would have a hard time making me comply...

Easy to fix, create a fake Facebook account. Simple enough to do. Also just hand over the ID to a little used e-mail acount.

To me it's the principal of the thing. My personal life is my personal life. So long as I show up at work every day and perform my job duties, my personal life is none of my employer's business. For that matter, even if it would become apparant that something was going on in my personal life that was negatively affecting my job performance, the way I see they have two choices: they can call me out about it and give me a chance to straighten up, or they can fire me.

cydl wrote: To me it's the principal of the thing. My personal life is my personal life. So long as I show up at work every day and perform my job duties, my personal life is none of my employer's business. For that matter, even if it would become apparant that something was going on in my personal life that was negatively affecting my job performance, the way I see they have two choices: they can call me out about it and give me a chance to straighten up, or they can fire me.

In a perfect world, this is the way it should be, but in this job market, employers have all the advantages. The requirements for new hires are so extreme, 50% of our current staff wouldn't qualify for the jobs they now have.

That's true enough - and a sad commentary on where this country is going.

I have been saying this is coming for years.

This is just the tip of the iceburg. Remember, no one has anything to hide.