Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-22 Thread Amory Meltzer
> I don't put my religion on my CV and would not want any prospective employer > knowing about it - not because I'm ashamed about it, just that it's private > information which isn't relevant to how good (or otherwise) a job I'll do. That's the point. Giving them your usernames and passwords to

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-22 Thread Andrew Turvey
- wjhon...@aol.com wrote: > From: wjhon...@aol.com > A little silly when the article quotes someone saying that you could find > out a person's religion. I don't put my religion on my CV and would not want any prospective employer knowing about it - not because I'm ashamed about it, just

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-22 Thread Nathan
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:38 PM, wrote: > A little silly when the article quotes someone saying that you could find > out a person's religion. > > I think most of us would clearly be wary of it because you could find out > what sort of *porn/sex* I like. I don't care if you know my religion (I'

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-21 Thread WJhonson
A little silly when the article quotes someone saying that you could find out a person's religion. I think most of us would clearly be wary of it because you could find out what sort of *porn/sex* I like. I don't care if you know my religion (I'm the spawn of Satan.) I mean just imagine if so

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-21 Thread Andrew Turvey
/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html - "Nathan" wrote: > From: "Nathan" > To: "English Wikipedia" > Sent: Friday, 19 June, 2009 16:12:59 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, > Portugal > Subject: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account pa

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-20 Thread Amory Meltzer
> Hmm! Maybe the people they should be hiring are the ones who openly > refuse to answer. ;-) They are the ones with the courage and > integrity to be trusted with sensitive information. Heh, not how I thought you were gonna end that. I thought it would read more like this: "Hmm! Maybe the pe

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Ray Saintonge
Siobhan Hansa wrote: > Amory Meltzer wrote: > >> I doubt it'll last. The ACLU is correct on the page when they say "I >> liken it to them saying they want to look at your love letters and >> your family photos," it's just excessive. It's also largely against >> the TOS for most of these sites.

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Siobhan Hansa
Amory Meltzer wrote: > I doubt it'll last. The ACLU is correct on the page when they say "I > liken it to them saying they want to look at your love letters and > your family photos," it's just excessive. It's also largely against > the TOS for most of these sites. It's also pretty dumb from a

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Amory Meltzer
I doubt it'll last. The ACLU is correct on the page when they say "I liken it to them saying they want to look at your love letters and your family photos," it's just excessive. It's also largely against the TOS for most of these sites. It's an interesting view at the sort of importance and clou

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Ray Saintonge
Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/6/19 Nathan : > >> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/19/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html >> >> New employees, and perhaps current ones (?), are being asked to provide >> details of all web-based accounts, including forums and social networking >> sites.

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Nathan
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > "[The city] says it won't hold it against anyone for refusing to provide > it." > > If it's not compulsory, I don't see a problem, as long as that fact is > made clear to people. I don't see the point in asking if it isn't > compulsory, th

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/6/19 Nathan : > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/19/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html > > New employees, and perhaps current ones (?), are being asked to provide > details of all web-based accounts, including forums and social networking > sites. Details are meant to include user

[WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Nathan
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/19/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html New employees, and perhaps current ones (?), are being asked to provide details of all web-based accounts, including forums and social networking sites. Details are meant to include usernames and passwords. Maybe w