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Recently, word has spread that companies are beginning to ask potential employees to hand over their Facebook passwords, saying it's just another piece of the all-important background check.Experts say that the requests may be legal. But that's not necessarily what's really worrying Internet companies.
Even if it's A-OK in the legal sphere, the publicity around the idea brings up a topic that companies like Facebook and Google (GOOG) would prefer to avoid: privacy.
In their ideal world,...
Want to Protect Your Online Privacy? Too Late originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-03-29T13:30:00Z.
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