Posted on 06/19/2009 10:25:18 AM PDT by FromLori
I’m trying to find the article I saw that alleged that no one under the age of forty years has applied for any of the jobs currently posted in the Bozeman city government.
Now I know why...
I'll have to assume you left off the /s.
Asking for personal passwords is NOT within the town's baliwick, in no way, shape, or form.
I'm an HR manager, I run background checks, drug screens (for illegal drugs - not alcohol or tobacco which are still legal the last time I checked), etc. I have NEVER asked for a password to social networking group.
Granted I have looked them up on the internet to see if there is anything there, but never asked for their personal password to a site.
Sarc is correct.
My point is, once the precedent of intrusion into an individual’s life is well established, it is extremely hard to deny further intrusions.
Today this seems outlandish.
A year or two from now, it’ll be SOP.
There was a case in MA, where a company fired someone for smoking (cigs) at home, citing the contravening of it’s zero tolerance tobacco policy.
They won.
Once you’ve handed over your passwords, your account will never be secure again. The can control your account, change the underlying info, anything they want to do.
It is absolutely unacceptable for them to require the ability to take control of your accounts. The google account also includes your gmail account. That means that the city will be able to read every e-mail message on your account and get the e-mail addresses of everyone you have communicated with.
Is that bad enough for you?
The principle of intrusions into an individual’s life for a variety of reasons has already been well established.
Now, human nature and bureaucracy combine to go even further.
Many people have supported various intrusions for their own reasons - illegal drug testing, DUI roadblocks.
Once they run out of the “bad” things to test for, guess what they go after next.
This is a logical culmination of the policies implemented over the past two decades.
And no, it’s not bad enough for me. I’m simply enjoying it.
As they used to say, if you don’t have anything to hide, what’re you scared of.
Yeah, that’s what I thought you were thinking.
Heck, give them enough time and they will have us all chipped with it sending back live time data on what we’ve done with our bodies that day.
(sigh)
It’s scary.
That sounds like employement extortion and an illegal practice.
“If you don’t want to hand over the info, don’t apply.”
Actually not. The people of that city pay the taxes and have every right to be employed by the city without someone else in the city adding unreasonable and illegal demands.
“It is absolutely unacceptable for them to require the ability to take control of your accounts.”
That is the illegal part. They are demanding property of yours in return for employment.
Asking for account names is one thing. Letting them have your password to change your account is an entirely different matter.
There is no legitimate basis for this. My private emails are between me, the other party, and the NSA.
Yep, me too. I didn't register on FR while I was still a fed for that very reason. Lurked for years before, but only from my home address, never from work, and I didn't actually register on FR for some time after my retirement date.
That’s hilarious.
We are truly entering what Churchill predicted — “A new dark ages; made all the more terrible and prolonged by the sinister powers of science.”
I'm sorry I had kids.
Contact Your City Commissioners:
Mayor Kaaren Jacobson 587-5968 kjacobson@bozeman.net
Deputy Mayor/ Commissioner Jeff Krauss 582-2341 jkrauss@bozeman.net
Commissioner Jeff Rupp 586-1380 jrupp@bozeman.net
Commissioner Sean Becker 581-7571 sbecker@bozeman.net
Commissioner Eric Bryson 582-2347 ebryson@bozeman.net
“And if you don’t have anything to hide, well, what’s the beef?”
Did you forget the sarcasm tag?
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