Re: US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

> From: "Nathan" <nawrich@...>
> To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l@...>
> 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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