27-Mar-2012, 03:42 AM
We're getting an interesting version of "internet abuse" in the US. Companies interviewing job applicants are insisting on them, as a condition of being considered for a job opening, handing over their Twitter and Facebook passswords.
Facebook is preparing thousands of "violation of privacy" lawsuits.
Would you give away your passwords if it meant the difference between getting the job and being shown the door?
One of our local news outlets (which used to be a "real" newspaper) has recently changed the mechanism by which you can comment on stories. It was originally the same as the LEP, where you had a log-in with a "stage name" and a password. The local "paper" now requires you to sign in through Facebook.
Although Eileen has signed up with Facebook, so as to keep in touch with our teenage grandchildren, I refuse to have anything to do with any of the "social media".
Frank
Facebook is preparing thousands of "violation of privacy" lawsuits.
Would you give away your passwords if it meant the difference between getting the job and being shown the door?
One of our local news outlets (which used to be a "real" newspaper) has recently changed the mechanism by which you can comment on stories. It was originally the same as the LEP, where you had a log-in with a "stage name" and a password. The local "paper" now requires you to sign in through Facebook.
Although Eileen has signed up with Facebook, so as to keep in touch with our teenage grandchildren, I refuse to have anything to do with any of the "social media".
Frank
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.