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truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 05:04 PM Mar 2012

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

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Colleges and Gov Agencies will know what you tweeted and FB'ed. (Original Post) truedelphi Mar 2012 OP
What we have to say here at DU creates lots of gov't jobs. Not one for me, though. leveymg Mar 2012 #1
I'm a sysadmin. Surrendering passwords is an absolute security no-no Recursion Mar 2012 #2
Simple solution..no FB or Twitter account MicaelS Mar 2012 #3

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. I'm a sysadmin. Surrendering passwords is an absolute security no-no
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:06 PM
Mar 2012

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)
3. Simple solution..no FB or Twitter account
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 02:40 PM
Mar 2012

Friends have asked me, and I have said no to both. And I'm no Luddite, I love technology, and build my own PCs.

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