Giving psswrd to get job?!

[ctenidae]

Potential employers can search all they want. I've never had a facebook account. Am I missing anything? I highly doubt it.

You're not. I deactivated my account a couple months ago, and then forgot that I did.

 

[marcski]

Fired for not giving up her FB password:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...-aide-fired-refusing-hand-over-172305406.html

 

[ctenidae]

Fired for not giving up her FB password:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technol...-aide-fired-refusing-hand-over-172305406.html

I'm confused. Why did they want to have administrative rights to her account? What was the worst they were assuming? Did they decide that allegations against her were true because she refused to provide testimony that may have been incriminating? Did they decide she had done something wrong because she didn't prove she didn't?

I'm no lawyer, but I thought there were some rules against this sort of thing. Or maybe it was just printed on my Congresional Toilet Paper.

 

[legalskier]

Did they decide she had done something wrong because she didn't prove she didn't?

This may help answer your question: "Part of the letter read: '... in the absence of you voluntarily granting Lewis Cass ISD administration access to you[r] Facebook page, we will assume the worst and act accordingly.' "
They tried to shift the burden of proof onto her. And don't you love the "voluntary" part? Doesn't sound very "voluntary" to me.

I'm no lawyer, but I thought there were some rules against this sort of thing. Or maybe it was just printed on my Congresional Toilet Paper.

"...the House of Representatives recently rejected a legislation that would protect your passwords from employers' prying eyes."

Bingo.