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Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts

Posted by timothy on from the are-you-now-or-have-you-ever-been dept.

justinlindh writes "Bozeman, Montana is now requiring all applicants for city jobs to furnish Internet account information for 'background checking.' A portion of the application reads, "Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, MySpace, etc.' The article goes on to mention, 'There are then three lines where applicants can list the Web sites, their user names and log-in information and their passwords.'"

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  1. As offensive as this is... by jcr · · Score: 1, Troll

    If it deters people from applying for city jobs, it could prove to be a good thing.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  2. Re:City jobs are a bad thing? by dada21 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Queue anarcho-capitalist reply.

    First, all government is force. It uses force to do what it wants to do. So far, no government has ever done what every voter has wanted them to do. Ever. Have you read laws that enable "government agents" to work on your behalf? Ever?

    The private sector does EVERYTHING better, because it is done voluntarily. They don't force you to make a decision against your will.

    It's ok for 10 crooks in office to take your money by force, or tell you what you can do with your land or your body or your tools (by force), but if CmdrTaco and I decide to lift your wallet, it's illegal?

    More: http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/kinsella/kinsella15.html

  3. Re:Passwords? by sexconker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, contrived IRC logs, you were never funny.

  4. Re:City jobs are a bad thing? by spun · · Score: 0, Troll

    Welcome to Slashdot, home of bitter libertarians. As they don't have the wits to debate you, they mod you troll and hope nobody reads your post. Cowardly, domineering, and lacking in common sense, they are like libertarians everywhere.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
  5. Re:Real Opportunity by HeronBlademaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps I shouldn't complain about the typos in 18-word fake domain names, but I can certainly complain about the half-dozen spelling errors (or other typos) in your reply, since they're complete sentences.

    That said, your plan wouldn't be bulletproof unless you register the domain names in question (and webhosts) under assumed names, have the websites programmed by people who can't identify you personally, and never visit them from an internet connection traceable to you except to create the account. Note that this would probably cost more in time, if not money, than you could hope to get back from your discrimination lawsuit.

    Since you obviously missed it, the point of my comment regarding your spelling was "this idea is stupid, but rather than point out the reasons it's stupid, it's more entertaining to make fun of your spelling mistakes, so that's what I'll do". You'll also note that I pointed out the reasons your idea is stupid in this post, since you apparently think your idea is so amazing.

    Bad spelling (in the quantities it occurs in in your posts) is almost as annoying as that guy who spells "time" with a y just because it's technically a correct spelling (if you enjoy archaic English), and thinks he's cool for it, even though he comes of as an arrogant jerk instead.

    At this point I probably deserve a -1 Troll or something but I'm sure some of you out there agree with me.

  6. It's the same for every site: by n0tquitesane · · Score: 0, Troll

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