I'm not going to give you my Facebook password and here is why you still want to hire me.
When people interact with me and message me in social media, there is an implicit trust to keep their information confidential.
Similarly, when employees leave your company, certainly there is information you expect them to keep confidential.
If I were willing to give you this information, that would tell you that I am willing to betray the trust of others in my attempts to get a new job. The fact that I am willing to risk this job opportunity here shows that I can be trusted whereas the other candidates who comply are likely to violate your trust in the future if properly incentivized.
That is why you want to hire me."
Unfortunately, this sort of policy specifically selects for employees that, if pressed, will betray these companies in the future.
On second thoughts, copyright needs a use it or lose it clause. I know this is not an original idea (if such a thing exists) but this would be a great example of a situation where it would be useful.
I really want to have a court examine whether or not it is legal for your average citizen to conduct themselves in the same way police do without the warrant. Isn't the warrant supposed to be the special permission police get to essentially break the law? If they don't need a warrant, can I not do the same thing?
The guy brought before the court was selling legally purchased books. I'm having a hard time understanding how that is reasonable and how that doesn't set a horrible precedent that couldn't affect selling all sorts of foreign made goods...
On the post: Proposed WA Bill Would Allow Employers To Request Facebook Passwords
Re: Re: Employment at will
"Dear Prospective Employer,
I'm not going to give you my Facebook password and here is why you still want to hire me.
When people interact with me and message me in social media, there is an implicit trust to keep their information confidential.
Similarly, when employees leave your company, certainly there is information you expect them to keep confidential.
If I were willing to give you this information, that would tell you that I am willing to betray the trust of others in my attempts to get a new job. The fact that I am willing to risk this job opportunity here shows that I can be trusted whereas the other candidates who comply are likely to violate your trust in the future if properly incentivized.
That is why you want to hire me."
Unfortunately, this sort of policy specifically selects for employees that, if pressed, will betray these companies in the future.
On the post: When You Sign Away Your Copyright To A Publisher, What If They Hold You Hostage Over It?
Re:
On the post: When You Sign Away Your Copyright To A Publisher, What If They Hold You Hostage Over It?
Re:
But what I don't get is why they are worried? Who is going to enforce the copyright once they are bankrupt?
On the post: Indian Supreme Court Rejects Trivial 'Evergreening' Of Pharma Patents
On the post: 'Internet Lawyer' Charles Carreon Has A New Best Friend And He's An SEO Expert Who Hates Anonymous Critics
On the post: Internet Under Attack: World's Largest DDoS Attack Almost Broke The Internet
On the post: DOJ Misled Judges For Years About How It Was Using Stingray Devices To Spy On People
On the post: Dumb Policy: Store Charges $5 Just To Look At Goods, To Keep People From Looking And Then Buying Online
Re:
On the post: The Arab Street Responds To Fear Of Memes By Producing Tons Of Meme Videos
Re: Copyright: more important than revolutions?
You saw it here first, folks!
On the post: Expose A Blatant Security Hole In AT&T's Servers, Get 3.5 Years In Jail
Re: Re: Then again
On the post: Rep. Gohmert Wants A Law That Allows Victims To Destroy The Computers Of People Who Hacked Them
On the post: Harvard Searched Email Subject Lines Of Faculty To Sniff Out Leak
On the post: SimCity: The Backlash
On the post: Just Cause 2 Developer On Why It Won't Utilize DRM: 'It Treats Our Fans Like Criminals'
Unpaired parenthesis!!!! OCD overwhelming!!! Where is it's partner??!!?!?!?
On the post: Our Turn To Get Bizarre Legal Threats From Global Wildlife Foundation
Re: Re:
On the post: Two And A Half Minute Video Explains How The Ability To Sell Stuff You Legally Purchased Is At Risk
Re: Re: Re:
On the post: Misheard Will Smith Lyrics Results In Arrest Of Student And District-Wide Lockdown
Re: Police need discipline
The mistake was living in a police state, obviously.
On the post: North Korean Propaganda: Now With More Elder Scrolls!
On the post: Top German Police Officer: 'Anyone On The Internet Has Left The Private Sphere'
On the post: Obama Administration Decides Not To Fight Against Fair Use For Public Universities
What a sad state of affairs.