[rohern]

This is spot on. There was a certain irony to the outcry over employers demanding Facebook logins when the victims had already volunteered all of their information over to another company, Facebook.

On the other hand, these bills are disastrous and need to be beaten and destroyed with fire. The politicians behind them need to be evicted in November.

[amirmc]

> "There was a certain irony to the outcry over employers demanding Facebook logins when the victims had already volunteered all of their information over to another company, Facebook"

I understand the point but FB 'knowing' about you isn't the same as your employer 'knowing' about you. People spend time cultivating a professional persona (via CVs, how they interact with peers at work etc) and all of this could be damaged by an unsympathetic employer seeing a drunken pic on FB (which your friend probably uploaded/tagged).

It's the 'intent' that's different. FB doesn't single people out. Your employer (by asking for FB access) is explicitly singling people out.