Colleges and Gov Agencies will know what you tweeted and FB'ed.
So you need a job. You see that the local county (or state offices) are hiring for teachers, or parole officers, or social workers. (I know, counties are under funded, but sometimes there are new job openings.)
You apply. Then you are asked in the interview for your facebook and twitter passwords.
Hopefully you are that one in a million person who has never tweeted anything that might make you seem odd, or "slutty" or dubious of organized religion.
If not, so be it. There are others out there that can now get that job.
http://digg.com/newsbar/Facebook/govt_agencies_colleges_demand_applicants_facebook_passwords
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Where I work it's at least ostensibly a fire-able offense. I am the ultimate technical administrator for a large network and I don't have access to anyone's password, and I deliberately set it up that way for security reasons.
For that matter, surrendering your password violates all of those sites' terms of use, and if I were in charge of Facebook or Twitter security I would be livid.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Friends have asked me, and I have said no to both. And I'm no Luddite, I love technology, and build my own PCs.