Give us your password

I read a recent article that discussed a new trend amongst employers interviewing prospective employees, they request your username and password in order to access your Facebook and email accounts. Wtf? I imagine if you're hard up for employment, it is pretty difficult to turn down that request since what hangs in the balance is your potential job. I want to take this moment to thank Sen. Richard Blementhal, D-CT, who is currently working on a draft of legislation that would make it illegal for employers to ask for your login information. If companies are able to search and find stuff out on their own, more power to them. But if I go to the trouble to set my privacy settings so that they aren't public, you can assume my comments aren't meant for the public.