Interesting Links for 07-03-2012
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andrewducker- Ken Clarke defends secret courts. I, of course, think they're an awful idea.
- 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying
- Jews in Scotland may be disenfranchised by a Saturday vote.
Is there a reason why voting has to happen on one day? Give people a week to vote, with daily updates on the ongoing count!
- Kids born later in the year more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD
- Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants' Facebook passwords. (And they can, frankly, fuck off)
- Dammit, I find myself largely in agreement with esr on Hollywood, piracy and the internet
- A man who informed police when he found child abuse images on his computer has not been allowed to be alone with his daughter for four months.
- How I became Amazon’s pitchman for a 55-gallon drum of personal lubricant on Facebook
- On Writers Block
- I hadn't realised that Gillian Anderson stood on a box for The X-Files
- Either be offensive, or don't be offensive. Being offensive and then pretending you weren't is just dumb.
- Rather than a mansion tax we should be sorting out council tax
- Romney vs Mr Burns - can you tell which quote belongs to which one?
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Date: 2012-03-08 03:41 pm (UTC)"Accessing another user's account is a violation of facebook's terms of service, even if that user gives them permission, which potentially makes it a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. 1030), i.e. a felony.
"In addition, there are various other questions that employers cannot ask during interviews because doing so violates federal equal employment opportunity legislation, meaning that accessing a user's facebook account opens them up to lawsuits.
"There is however one valid legal use for asking users for their facebook accounts, namely screening out employees who'll create a security risk by being especially vulnerable to social engineering. If an employee will have access to sensitive user or employee account information, then you might reasonable ask them for their facebook account password. If they provide it, you politely tell them they have failed the interview, thank them for their time, and send them home early. If they refuse, then you tell them they answered that question correctly and continue with the interview."