# Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords

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**Created:** [March 20, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/employers-ask-job-seekers-for-facebook-passwords/263087 "2012-03-20T18:31:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/employers-ask-job-seekers-for-facebook-passwords/263087/50 "2012-03-23T13:33:57Z")

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> [@drinkers...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drinkers/48783/21):
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> As to whether or not it is illegal to break FB’s ToS, the DoJ says it is, but they aren’t coming after you for it: [U.S. Department of Justice wants to lock you up for lying on the internet - The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/15/2564768/DOJ-ruling-Computer-Fraud-Abuse-Act)
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> Good news is there is already a bill in progress to disallow employers from asking for this kind of information: [Senator drafting bill to prevent potential employers from requiring Facebook logins - The Verge](http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/23/2896100/senator-blumenthal-facebook-login-privacy-bill)

If that law passes, I’m gonna have some fun with ToS for Shift that nobody read or follows anyway :rofl

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