Colleges and Employers Demanding Facebook Passwords

Re:Colleges and Employers Demanding Facebook Passwords by redschell on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @03:56PM (#3672826)

I'm still not clear on the "Getting rid of Facebook" process. If I recall correctly, there are three levels. First, you can simply deactivate it ("I've got a big project this week guys, so no Facebook for me.").

A step further, and this is where I think I am, is the "delete" option, where you, small 'd', "delete" Facebook, but your information is still there in case you want to come back. It's not accessible to your buddy Joe Blow, but it's there.

Finally, and I might be wrong here, but there is a big 'D' "Delete" option, where facebook deletes your info "permanently" or as "permanently" as they'd like you to believe.

I don't plan on going back to facebook soon, but I'm with you in worrying at times that a sensitive employer would look at a "deleted" or "Deleted" facebook and think "What is this guy trying to hide?"

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Re:Colleges and Employers Demanding Facebook Passwords by uiri on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @04:39PM (#3673021)

I think deactivation and small 'd' delete are the same, but I could be wrong.

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Re:Colleges and Employers Demanding Facebook Passwords by meenriquez on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @08:51AM (#3675446)

This would do it. But I suppose that some people still keep their myspace accounts, or worse yearbook accounts. And those things can be searched via Google.

Also, deleting these accounts does not assure complete invisibility on the net. If you've used your account to comment on a public facebook account or page, there is no assurance that deleting your account would delete that post too.

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