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Patriot Act Bypasses Facebook Privacy
Geoffreyerffoeg writes "An article from the National Association of Colleges and Employers contains yet another horror story about a prospective hire's Facebook being checked — with a different twist. The interviewee had enabled privacy on his profile, '[b]ut, during the interview, something he was not prepared for happened. The interviewer began asking specific questions about the content on his Facebook.com listing and the situation became very awkward and uncomfortable. The son had thought only those he allowed to access his profile would be able to do so. But, the interviewer explained that as a state agency, recruiters accessed his Facebook account under the auspices of the Patriot Act.' How can a 'state agency' use the Patriot Act to subpoena a Facebook profile?"
How can a 'state agency' use the Patriot Act to subpoena a Facebook profile?
What kind of crappy 'Ask Slashdot' is this? They just do it.
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Except the furry diaper porn.
I knew my roommate was into the furry scene (modified stuffed animals, lavicious fox desktop background, funcon attendance, furrymuck player...), but when I altavista'd (pre-google) our shared phone number, I found his personal ad on a diaper fetish site...
There are some things you just don't want to know about the guy you share a kitchen with.
You really want a period at the end of that last sentence.
No, no, NO.
He needs an exlamation mark!!!!
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I am a programmer. I am paid to produce syntax not grammar. Deal with it.
Shit.
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Your rules need ammending:
"2. Never disclose any information under your profile that you wouldn't want your mother/employer/dog to know especially if you violated rule 1."
I have no problem disclosing information on the net about me -- I'm pretty much AWESOME so the only thing a potential employer would have to gain from my myspace/etc would be the knowledge that I'm a hardworker, don't drink, and I like music.
I don't care who knows any of that information about me... however, I don't put some information about myself up on the interweb, like that I'm not actually Clark Kent, I'm really supe... I mean... yes, I'm Clark Kent.
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
What the hell do you think you're doing? You can't say that!
It's right there in the name: Patriot Act.
If you badmouth the Patriot Act, you're a traitor. It's right there in the name!
4. Profit!
Yeah, tell that to Johnny Knoxville!
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No, that's rule 5.
Rule 4 is ???
Technoli
You think you got it bad? :)
"Now see here, guy," said the voice on the loud hailer, "you're
not dealing with any dumb two-bit trigger-pumping morons with low
hairlines, little piggy eyes and no conversation, we're a couple
of intelligent caring guys that you'd probably quite like if you
met us socially! I don't go around gratuitously shooting people
and then bragging about it afterwards in seedy space-rangers
bars, like some cops I could mention! I go around shooting people
gratuitously and then I agonize about it afterwards for hours to
my girlfriend!"
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
The DMCA!
Yes, that's right, our other poster boy of bad legislation, the DMCA, to the rescue! See, bypassing the lock constitutes circumventing an access control...
Ohhh, *NOW* you go anon...
Name: John Smith
Favorite Hobby: Stealing Office Supplies to sell on eBay.
(And don't tell me there isn't someone out there dumb enough to post exactly this.)
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
The rest of the story is that he had his kidneys stolen the next day, but luckily Bill Gates sent him $300k for forwarding email.
But then shouldn't they have killed you? Something's fishy....
All the techniques ever used to make men moral have been themselves thoroughly immoral... (Nietzsche)
What the heck is facebook? And if some guy posted his info in the internet without strong encryption, why is he surprised that the government knows about it?
"..yes?"
"So, can I interest you in an opportunity in Human Resources?
"It doesn't cost enough, and it makes too much sense."
Someday, a slashdot troll will apply for a government job and they will ask him about those lovely images he continually posts, and is he really into that sort of thing? And what is his connection with the known terrorist organization, GNAA?
And without knowing why, the rest of us will get a warm fuzzy feeling in our bellies and we will laugh in a Nelson voice, Ha-ha! and then wonder why we did it.
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Actually, if you put enough fireworks in your pocket before you take acid, you can fly. Landing in one piece is the real trick...
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
At least you have a common last name.
Which rule is "Don't talk about fight club"?
Good judgment comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgment.