Employers and Colleges are increasingly requesting access to individuals’ social networking profiles to learn more about them, causing privacy activists to take note.
Should the same standards of privacy we expect offline, also apply online?
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Saket Jajodia from Google April 17, 2012 at 8:43 am
Hesham, visited your blog after long time and really liked the new look of homepage and especially that heart shape share button at top-left corner..
And about this post I don’t think we should give anyone access to our privacy, however we have given them a lot of access to our privacy via fb but not in any other way, like giving password or giving access to your personal account.
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Kostas April 13, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Hi Hesham,
Nice info graphic, I am certainly against that kind of practices no matter where they come from, I would never give access to my accounts to a company or organization and if there was some kind of requirement just for a job I would just turn them off, so I believe that the same standards of privacy that apply offline should apply online too…
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Nick Stamoulis April 10, 2012 at 9:06 am
What it comes down to is that people need to be smart about what they post in social media. Even if “only friends” can see your content- you never know who those friends may know. Think twice before posting.
Sara April 10, 2012 at 4:56 am
Great info.I really liked it.When someone is sharing something on public, has to be ready to listen to the criticism and this is democracy and I think that we all agree.The companies, colleges, police etc should be limited to the things that a person uploads and says in public and not ask for personal data.
Blazing Minds April 8, 2012 at 4:38 am
What a brilliant. clear and interesting infographic
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Samantha Studebaker-Carl April 7, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Dave, Obvioulsy you did not read my post.
Most of those people you speak of that spew hatred and post obscene stuff have PUBLIC profiles that anyone can see anyway.
They are not the issue here.
We are talking about normal everyday people that just have private profiles.
For an employer to require access to your private profile is like them insisting on coming into your home.
I have nothing to hide, but that does not mean I will let complete strangers come and tour my home just because they want to.
Can you honestly say that you would WANT to work for an empoyer that requires you to show them how you live your private life?
You WANT a employer that tells you who you can be friends with?
You WANT your employer to tell you what articles you are allowed to comment on?
Or tell you what you can ‘like’?
Or tell you how to decorate your profile?
Or tell you what games you are allowed to play?
You are OK with your boss telling you what to do all day and then having them dictate what you do when you get home too?
Seriously Dave?
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Trung Nguyen April 7, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Awesome infographic, Hesham – I think I should add some pic like this to my blog –
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Hesham Zebida April 7, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Infographics are great and easy to find
John Cooper April 7, 2012 at 3:38 pm
This is an excellent infographic that explains in simple language that why one should not share Facebook password with anyone, and certainly not even with a potential employer. In fact, once the employer has access to the credentials, it could become legally responsible for the content.
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Samantha Studebaker-Carl April 7, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Great infographic Hesham!
It is just completely amazing to me the audacity that employers have to think that they have the right to scrutinize the private lives of individuals so closely. This is just not acceptable!
The sad thing is, people will allow it to happen for fear of loosing a job or not getting one.
Dave Lucas,
Although I do agree that people are stupid about some of the stuff they post online, that does not give an employer the right to view a person’s private page! Most of the people you speak of, have public profiles and are perfectly happy to show anyone and everyone how stupid they are. lol
When a profile is set to private, it is because they don’t want just anyone to see what they are doing online, and that right to privacy should not be aloud to be violated by an employer or anyone else for that matter.
It would be a different story if an employer was trying to gain public exposure by leveraging the profiles of their employees to gain more influence online, BUT participation in a online campaign should be completely voluntary and not forced. It would then make sense for a company to be very strict about what was posted on profiles that could directly impact the reputation of an employer.
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Dave Lucas April 7, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Samantha, I disagree. YOU put it online, YOU be man enough (or woman enough) to allow your employer or potential employer to have a look. Unless you have something to hide. Unless you have bragged about stealing form an employer or dissed a co-worker. Sorry, I know it’s tough love, but same for you, Miss Morgan – if you depended on a job (let’s say you had a family and needed to pay the bills) I’ll bet you’d surrender your password in a heartbeat. (Again, unless you have something to hide). Again folks, Facebook wasn’t made for you spew racial hatred, embarass yourself, or disrespect others. If that’s what you use your little “private” setting for, I feel sorry for YOU!
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JamesW April 7, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Great infographic, and it’s just not right to force someone to give you them your password or to monitor our accounts, not to our boss or our coach or anyone else.
thanks for sharing
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Joe Boyle April 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm
This is why I have stopped posting things on Facebook. If an employer were to find anything about me, it would be pure inspirational quotes and blog posts. I’ve really started to build up my “portfolio” in terms of what they could find social network-ily(?).
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Morgan from Sociable Boost April 7, 2012 at 1:09 pm
I love this infograph! Covers everything anyone wants to know. The social networks themselves even forbid people from not only giving out their passwords but also against anyone else who is not supposed to access the profile.
It baffles me that employers or anyone else for that matter, are asking for passwords to personal social networking sites. And then the potential candidate gives it up because they feel pressured and probably really need the job.
It’s disgusting, actually, that an employer would put a potential candidate in a position like that.
If anyone asked me for my password to anything, I’d just laugh and excuse myself, never to communicate with them again.
Social networks are public, yes, but they’re also personal. You have the option to make your Twitter or Facebook profiles private FOR A REASON.
Asking for a password is violating. Period.
Great post!
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Dave Lucas April 7, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Hi Hesham! This has happened because people are stupid – for the past three or four years people have been downright idiotic when it comes to the obscene and ridiculous behavior they openly post on Facebook!
THEY DESERVE IT if they don’t get hired because of what they’ve posted – I DON’T BLAME EMPLOYERS for wanting to look at people’s private social media!
Simple rule: DO NOT POST ANYTHING ONLINE that you would be ashamed for anyone else to see!
Any one who has had the common sense to follow that rule need not fear anyone looking in their facebook!
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