Another reason to think twice about posting THAT on Facebook....

[AFK]

or to think twice about applying for certain jobs or to certain colleges:

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/06/10585353-state-agencies-colleges-demand-applicants-facebook-passwords

If you think privacy settings on your Facebook and Twitter accounts guarantee future employers or schools can't see your private posts, guess again.
Employers and colleges find the treasure-trove of personal information hiding behind password-protected accounts and privacy walls just too tempting, and increasingly, they are demanding full access from applicants and students.

But of course, you spags all LOVE America, right, so there's no need to get all hot and bothered about this.  It's all for the best!

That's MY American Dream!

[AFK]

I mean, we shouldn't at all forward some helpful hints to the University of North Carolina.  They don't need our help at all. 

[LMNO]

That's insane.

And a GREAT reason to set up fake accounts.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Uh... Roe vs. Wade?

Keep the man out of my profile!

Seriously though that's fucked up.

[Cain]

Easiest way in the world around this:

Set your primary account email to a personal email, that you use only for Facebook.  Set privacy settings so that only people you friend can see any profile information, including pictures of you.

Tell employers "what Facebook account?"

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Easier: no facebook.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Easier: no facebook.

Band promotion. :/

I've considered axing mine in the past, but it's a useful thing for me.

[LMNO]

A much easier thing to do would be to tell whoever's asking to GO FUCK THEMSELVES.

[Telarus]

A much easier thing to do would be to tell whoever's asking to GO FUCK THEMSELVES.

I agree.

I also see this as an extension of the Drug Warrior / "judge them by their pee" mentality.

Specifically, that the corporate powers can use searches which would be illegal if done by a government agent without a warrant, because the laws against them only apply to government actors.

[Don Coyote]

I will be telling anyone who asks to be fucking themselves with a cactus.
Or I could be giving them my unused fake account password.

Coyote, has several FB accounts.

[Scribbly]

Lets not forget that Facebook are currently searching for ways to monetize their service.

It is only a matter of time until employers can pay to override your privacy settings and snoop you out. This will likely not be done on a case by case basis, but instead perhaps facebook changes its terms of service to allow security companies to do so (and the police etc) under the guise of fighting cybercrime/identity theft/whatever. Security companies by a license from facebook - a subscription service of some sort - and then companies and universities can pay those companies to get the scoop on your social life.

It might not even be that complicated but I expect it is coming and I suspect something like the above scenario would slip under the radar of most of the media because, well, who wants to stop Scotland Yard tracking down cyberbullies who drive kids to suicide or whatever the controversy of the month is.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Implying facebook doesn't hand over info to the police already.

[Telarus]

The new FB pages are actually designed to make it easier for the intelligence analysts to data-mine you, which they sold as a "great way to share information with your friends and family". The last 3 iterations of the page distinctly show this trend. At one point, your profile page looked like a case-file cover-page.....

[EK WAFFLR]

All the bosses I've had since Facebook crawled out of the unimaginable depths of horror have way more... embarrasing... content on there than I ever had.
I don't know I'f I'm smart with what I share or lucky with bosses.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Easier: no facebook.

I am considering this.