Privacy advocates say that, for now, it is legal for a prospective
employer, during a job interview, to insist that you log into your
Facebook page and then click through your “friends only” posts, photos
and messages.
The ACLU put a stop to companies demanding that applicants turn over
their login and password credentials, but “shoulder surfing,” as it’s
been dubbed, is legal for the time being. Aleecia M. McDonald, a privacy
researcher and resident Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and
Society, says high unemployment makes it hard to stamp out this
practice. “When you have a job market where there are more job seekers
than hirers, you’re going to see things like demanding to see your
Facebook wall because if you say no, someone else is waiting for that
interview.”
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