Connecticut Senator Says Facebook Passwords Should Not Be Sought By Employers

[mookiemookie]

Now Facebook's weighing in on the issue, saying they may sue firms who request passwords:

http://arstechnica.com/business/news...-passwords.ars

Facebook's a scumbag company, but it's good to see them do something in their user's best interests for once.

[Pisces]

Can I have access to the company's financial system first to make sure my pay for next year is secured?

This is just absurd!

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Pisces

Can I have access to the company's financial system first to make sure my pay for next year is secured?

I was thinking along those lines as well. If we want full, and I mean full disclosure, then let's have full disclosure.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

That's the reason I eschew social media.

Ditto. I don't do facebook or anything like it.

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

And then the interviewer thinks "Antisocial? Something to hide? Not keeping up with modern times?" and they go with the guy willing to give up his password.

And my response would be, "No sir, I don't have a facebook account. I've worked in the internet security field for 13 years, and in my professional opinion, posting real world personal information about oneself on the internet, is not the wisest of choices one could make."

[Wolferz]

I have a FB account but scrubbed out any personal data.
My youngest brother posted all kinds of personal photos of me on his album and last I spoke with him, I asked him to remove them all.
SHTAKO! I better go check and see if he did.

. Instead of a picture of me on my homepage, there is an Imperial storm trooper using an ATM.

If a prospective employer would ask about it, my reply would be...
"All us clones look the same." Password? Go fish. It's against the FB TOS to give out that information and I refuse to expose myself to litigation. Unless of course you're going to promise me a job making what the CMFIC is making. I'll take that in writing please. Notarized.