The Voice of the DBA Turning Over Passwords

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Jul 08, 2009 Turning Over Passwords

Recently I noticed an article about Bozeman, Montana, and the requirements for job applicants. Apparently if you were applying for a city job in Bozeman, until recently, you had to turn over the credentials for your social networking profiles in order to be considered. City officials held a meeting recently to discuss this and ended the policy.

The fact that anyone thinks this is acceptable is amazing to me. Asking for someone's online sites is one thing; their credentials crosses a line. In today's world where so often we find data being lost, stolen, or disclosed to others, this is an extremely bad policy. Not just for the privacy implications that it imposes on job applicants, but because it creates a huge liability for the city itself. Can you imagine if someone's account were accessed and something malicious posted to the account? I know I'd sue the city.

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