Although there have been some reports of employers asking for Facebook and other social networking information — usernames and passwords — the prying eyes of social networking monitoring seems to be much higher among universities.
The one employer who asked for social network usernames reported by the Red Tape Chronicles was for a clerical job at a police department, and although I would agree we should be more cautious about police department hires, asking for passwords to personal accounts seems over the line.
As for the universities, they’ve taken a little different of an approach, as their monitoring seems to lean more towards the student athletes.
Here’s how they do it:
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