[rabscuttle385]

Now this is messed up.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Saves them from having to do the "legwork" in hunting you down online. Much easier to get those naked-with-a-bong pics you posted 10 years ago.

[microgood]

They probably are interested in political affiliations.

[DonaldC]

“Then it asks for usernames and passwords.”

This is like phishing, right? lol

[Cicero]

Bizarre. If this is sufficiently publicized, I’d think they’d have to back down.

[LiteKeeper]

Uh, no...I would be in court sooooooooooooo fast!

[org.whodat]

Never post are say anything you would not want your/wife/mom/girl friend/ etc to see on the web.

[Buckeye McFrog]

a friend of mine who works in HR told me that their company has been advised by their legal counsel to not even attempt to look at any applicant’s MySpace or Facebook page. It is supposedly the next tsumani wave of employment litigation that is about to hit the courts.

[domenad]

It says “forums”. That would include Free Republic.

[ScottinVA]

Are we sure this isn’t a hoax of some kind?? Sounds like one of those probing spam emails we get from time to time.

[ataDude]

More trampling of rights. I’m guessing they feel more at ease to do this stuff since January 20th.

[MediaMole]

Absolutely unacceptable.

It’s one thing to require a potential job seeker to friend them on social site so they can see their posts, but it’s another to require a job seeker to allow a potential employer to take control of their accounts. They could send messages as you, they could post things. It’s just wrong.

That’s one of the reasons why it’s important to remain anonymous on political forums. I can speak my mind here, On Facebook, there’s nothing important or controversial.

[SkyDancer]

I wonder if it's retroactive to all personnel in their government ....and what's to prevent anyone there from logging in as you and putting up phony stuff?

[yoe]

I believe most of those questions are not legal....I would challenge them job or not. Freedom and Liberty folks....that is what America is about.

[Lurker]

"I don't belong to any internet sites of any kind, sir or ma'am."

[ScottinVA]

I’d give them the username and password of a brand-new, unused Yahoo account, then close it the very next morning.

[GeronL]

Now freaking way I would allow a bureaucrat to go to my site and change content or whatever they plan to do.

[Billthedrill]

This one will last as long as a nitrocellulose butterfly in Hell. We can’t even ask an applicant how old he or she is.

[green pastures]

A link to another story about this here:

http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10551414&nav=menu227_3

[pabianice]