tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199245135910870801.post7823939187983859507..comments2023-07-14T04:57:22.637-05:00Comments on Have Keyboard, Will Travel.: Employers Invading Privacy? or (Big Brother is Poking You)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199245135910870801.post-2899399877744411812012-03-31T08:30:14.046-05:002012-03-31T08:30:14.046-05:00My Facebook is open to the public anyway because I...My Facebook is open to the public anyway because I'm not stupid enough to post anything embarrassing, damaging, or incriminating to the Internet at large. If an employer asked me for my password, I'd tell him that I would log him on at any time I was asked, he could have full freedom of my Facebook in my presence, and I would log him out when I was done. Any rejection of that offer would prove there are some shady dealings going on as far as I'm concerned. Another possibility is to give him the password but tell him that if you see so much as one letter of one word out of place, you'll sue him for defamation of character because he's the only other person who has that password. <br /><br />Of course, this is offensive because it's basically like handing your employer the keys to your house and saying, "Come in any time! Go through my things! Eat all my food! Take whatever you like! You hate the color of my walls? Repaint them chartreuse! Wear my wife's underwear!" There should be a limit on how much a) control and b) freedom your employer has with your personal life. They're an employer, not a slave owner. They pay us for our time and skill; they don't own us. They need to start remembering that.Michaelhttp://www.facebook.com/blozornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9199245135910870801.post-17216631179112047702012-03-30T18:19:25.110-05:002012-03-30T18:19:25.110-05:00I really like this blog post. (btw that ponytail s...I really like this blog post. (btw that ponytail story...was that real!? I can't imagine you with long hair) Anywho someone said that a quick solution to this handing your password over thing would be to just create a separate account that you can make look good for those employers. However, with the new facebook timeline, it is extremely easy now to see when someone joined facebook, and the employer would catch on. Or, you could just make your profile private and set it up so nobody can even search for you. And tell the employer you don't have a facebook. you don't believe in that social networking shit. That would work, right? I think its ridiculous that employers are even asking for that. I am one of those people who use the same password for a lot of my accounts. But I think the password isn't the big problem, b/c they just may ask you to log in on your own w/o them knowing your password at all, or you could even just change your password later. I think they just want to know if there is anything on your facebook that would be an embarrassment to the company if they hired you. I don't think they will just randomly decide to log into your facebook some night while they are sitting home alone. But ya never know. I think the big issue is that it is an invasion of privacy. If someone wanted you to see their facebook, they would invite you to be their friend. I heard another person say that if people constantly refuse to hand out their passwords, that employers will just eventually stop asking for it b/c it will be seen as unreasonable. I also think it depends on what type of job it is too.Melissanoreply@blogger.com