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What recourse do you think that leaves for people whose Facebook friends do not refuse? If one of my Facebook friends allows this, they are, unbeknownst to me,

by natch 16y ago

What recourse do you think that leaves for people whose Facebook friends do not refuse? If one of my Facebook friends allows this, they are, unbeknownst to me, sharing information that I consider private with that employer. I choose to put certain information on Facebook, trusting Facebook, its partners, and my friends with that information. I do not choose to trust random employees of random prospective places of employment with that same information, so this is a violation of my privacy expectations as a user of Facebook, and as a friend. "You shouldn't put information into Facebook if you are afraid of that information getting out." I don't. But people (including you, by your response) do not fully understand the risks they are taking.

dantheman 16y ago
What stops your friend from copying your facebook data and publishing it on the web?
- mikeg8 16y ago
  nothing "stops" them... it's called trust. why would a friend do that
  - jterce 16y ago
    Right, but if that trust was valid then you could likewise count on them not allowing an employer, or any third party.
    - natch 16y ago
      Not if they overlook the problem, as many of the first posters in this discussion did.
- natch 16y ago
  Courtesy. More importantly, if I don't want to have someone as my Facebook friend, I have that choice. But I don't have a choice about what policies might be in place at employers my Facebook friends might consider. If you think it through, you begin to see why we have laws related to protecting privacy.
bugsy 16y ago
What risks? I said clearly that they should ask, people should refuse, and then walk away. Let them find anyone competent. This is within the people's ability to control. Just say no. You can do this as a person. Say no. Explain why. Mock them too.