Cuidado com o que escrevem no Facebook (II)

Denver Post:

When Justin Bassett interviewed for a job, he was stunned when the interviewer asked for something more than his experience and references: his Facebook username and password.

The New York statistician had finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to peruse his Facebook page. Because she couldn't see his private profile, she asked him for his login information.

Bassett refused and withdrew his application. But other job candidates are confronting the same question, and some can't afford to say "no."

"It's akin to requiring someone's house keys," said Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor who calls it "an egregious privacy violation."

Companies that don't ask for passwords to vet applicants have taken other steps — such as asking applicants to "friend" human-resource managers.