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Friday, March 30, 2012

Employers Ask Job Seekers for Facebook Passwords

A good reason why giving out your password from your favorite social networks is a bad idea - Employers have now asking their applicants to hand over login credentials so that they can dig deep into your personal life.

This is like giving them a combination of your safe.

Facebook has condemn this, and are seeking legal action against these employers, who are doing this to access profiles that are set to private. Facebook's policy, like so many others, always forbid its users from sharing their personal login info for their own safety and security because this could cause their account to be compromised.

So if you're looking to get into the workforce, beware that employers and job recruiters will likely type your name in a web search to get more personal info about your digital life.

Associated Press video on this:

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