USA: Checking social media profiles before each appointment

Η κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ πιστεύει ότι είναι πολύ καλή ιδέα να εξετάζει προφίλ σε κοινωνικά δίκτυα (social media) όπως το , Twitter, Google, GitHub, και Pinterest πριν να προσφέρει κάποια θέση εργασίας.

The new directive came from Mr. James Clapper, director of the US National Intelligence Agency (NSA), which recognizes that social media files can be as important as interviews that are being made to find a job.social media

The private sector, of course, in America has already done so for some time. Until 2012, more than half of employers controlled public records on social networks of potential workers.

This a photo of you on Facebook can understand a lot, especially if you hold a bong in one hand and a beer in the other…

The της κυβέρνησης (θεωρητικά) θα κρατούν τα προσχήματα. Δεν θα επιτρέπεται να ζητούν κωδικούς πρόσβασης, ούτε να σας ζητήσουν να συνδεθείτε στο λογαριασμό σας. Επιπλέον, δεν μπορούν να κοιτάξουν τα προσωπικά σας μηνύματα. Ούτε βέβαια να δημιουργήσουν λογαριασμούς “” to try to trick you into befriending them.

If all of the above is true, the intervention is less invasive than that of the private sector, which has sometimes asked for Facebook passwords to continue hiring. Nevertheless it is an interference with private data…

The above story, published by ZDNet, reminds us how careful we should be about everything we upload to . Αν σκέφτεστε να κάνετε καριέρα σε υπηρεσία που απαιτεί έλεγχους ασφαλείας, καλό θα ήταν να καθαρίσετε την δημόσια ηλεκτρονική σας ταυτότητα.

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