Facebook Frolics 0
The San Jose Mercury-News passes on Facebook passwords:
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It’s really a case of employment law needing to catch up with the Internet age. Passwords give employers access to information they’re prohibited from asking about, from relationships to political views. The laws also should apply to schools and universities. They’d never demand to open a student’s paper mail.
Writing in my local rag, Mike Gruss sees a practical aspect to resquesting Facebook passwords: What the passwords themselves say about you:
The best Facebook lesson is the password itself, and I’m going to try to guess yours. If I don’t get it right, we move on to the next part of the interview.
But here’s the catch: If I guess your password, the day’s over. Thanks for playing. Buh-bye. Good luck at your next job because it’s not going to be here. Also, I start spamming all your friends to “like” Justin Bieber. Sorry. The truth hurts.
Facebook is naturally also against the idea. My cynical side says that, if persons started acting like grown-ups on Facebook, it would quickly become Fadebook.
