[LINK] Social Media History Becomes a New Job Hurdle (NY Times)

[Tom Worthington]

On 22/07/11 06:24, Ash Nallawalla wrote:
> "July 20, 2011 Social Media History Becomes a New Job Hurdle
> By JENNIFER PRESTON http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/technology/social-media-history-becomes-a-
> new-job-hurdle.html?_r=1 (needs free login)
>
> ... Does this happen over here?

This came up at an  ACS meeting in Canberra on security a few weeks ago. 
I asked the spear if government agencies should check what information 
is on-line about their staff, to make sure this is not a security risk. 
Someone from a government security agency sitting behind me mumbled "we 
already do that": 
http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/07/cyber-attacks-threaten-national.html


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