If you want that dream job, dream
date, or dream bank loan, it used to be that there was only a minimal amount of
information you could cough up, and then you were sure it was carefully chosen
to not reveal the embarrassing facts that if better known would send you
packing or even packing off to jail. Presently, some employers are asking
potential hires to hand over your password to your Facebook or other social
media accounts so that your character, resume, personality, can be properly
inspected. This controversy
may be dampened by federal law, public outrage, or just saying no, but in the
end it’s probably all moot, as your privacy has likely already escaped. There is plenty of stuff out there to
embarrass you, only you don’t know it yet.
But you will.
Right now, if I wanted the scoop
on a competitor, a friend, or the next door neighbor, I would have to do a
laborious internet search, and then laboriously make some sense out of it. Not
anymore! For the software tools we use
from day to day, all that stuff can be brought to you automatically, whether you
ask for it or not. Consider the common customer relationship management
program. The CRM we use at our own company, called Capsule, instantly goes out and grabs all the
social networking connections of any individual whose email you type in. So now you not only have their name but their
ugly mug to look at, and instant access to their social networking connections
that you never asked for in the first
place. This is somewhat scary, for what this means that someone else who has
that email can pull out all my social networking stuff and God knows whatever
else is out there about my life. Of course, my life is as pristine as the driven winter snow (i.e. I am boring), but very likely yours is not. It used to be
that only running for President would reveal your dirty laundry. Now your
laundry is all over the place, so if I were you I’d watch your sox life among
other things, or else create a fake facebook page!
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