A small triumph in thefight for digital secrecy : California Governor Jerry Brown has announced his signing of bills to forbid employers and universities from demanding social mesh login .
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-tells-users-not-to-give-passwords-to-employers-5895846
In fact he ’s signing two bills : Assembly Bill 1844 and Senate Bill 1349 . The first prevents employer from ask proletarian for societal media usernames or passwords or forcing them to show them their profiles , while the second offers the same rights for students .
The two Pentateuch put across in the DoS Senate last calendar month , and Governor Brown ’s scratch seals the deal . On Facebookhe explained :
“ California pioneered the social mass medium revolution . These law protect Californians from indefensible invasions of their societal media accounts . ”
Right on , crony . Similar lawmaking already exists in Maryland , Delaware , and Illinois , though arguably that ’s still not enough.[FacebookviaCNET ] .
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