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

[Andrew Turvey]

Story has now been updated: 

>> A flood of criticism has prompted a Montana city to drop its request that government job applicants turn over their user names and passwords to Internet social networking and Web groups.... 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/19/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html 

----- "Nathan" <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote: 
> From: "Nathan" <nawrich at gmail.com> 
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org> 
> Sent: Friday, 19 June, 2009 16:12:59 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal 
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees 
> 
> 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 we should 
> have a user category of "Public employees in Bozeman, Montana" just in 
> case... I doubt this turns into a new wave of intrusiveness, at least in the 
> near future, but its disturbing even as an isolated case. For the legal 
> types, any caselaw on whether employers (public or private) can demand this 
> sort of information without violating the "implied right to privacy"? 
> 
> Nathan 
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