"Want a job? Give us your user names and passwords"

Applying for a job with the City of Bozeman? You may be asked to provide more personal information than you expected… to be considered for a job applicants must provide log-in information and passwords for social network sites in which they participate.

"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 City form states. There are then three lines where applicants can list the Web sites, their user names and log-in information and their passwords

No one has ever removed his or her name from consideration for a job due to the request, Sullivan added.
More details at the Montana News Station.

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