In recent months, we've seen a distressing increase in reports of employers or others seeking to gain inappropriate access to people's Facebook profiles or private information. This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user's friends. It also potentially exposes the employer who seeks this access to unanticipated legal liability. The most alarming of these practices is the reported incidences of employers asking prospective or actual employees to reveal their passwords. (CNET).
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| They said I had to hand it over! |
Q: Why the feck would you want to work for a company that wanted to read your letters, post cards from an elderly auntie, or what you had for din-dins last Wednesday evening?
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