Homework 3

I brought a story about an employer that asked for a man's facebook login along with

other information in his background check.  The man was outraged that he was asked to

give this information for a background check when he had never committed a crime

before. On top of this the worker had even worked at the place before.  we discussed

how far a company should be able to go when performing a background check.









1.    Eric brought a report that Sony threatened jailbreakers recently.  The PS3    

    was fully hacked for the first time recently.
    Sony wanted all of the people with hacked or jailbroken content on their    

    consoles to be removed immedieatly.  Anyone with hacked content will be    

banned from the Playstation Network.



2.    Sue discussed a story about a high school that experimented with tracking its

    students.  This school issued GPS trackers to students that had more than 3    

unexcused absences.  The school would check the locations of the students    

periodically thoughout the day. The last checkin would be at 8 P.M.  We    

discussed whether the school had the right to check the locations of the    

students even after school hours.



3.    Christina discussed Facebook stalking.  It is now legal for New York lawyers    

    to find evidence on a persons facebook page and use it in court. The lawyers    

aren't allowed to friend a person under false pretense.  Although this is     legal

in New York we discussed if it should be legal in other states as well.



4.    Omar discussed Facebook and the fact that it does not notify users when it    

    implement's a policy change.  Facebook used to     notify user's about the    

    policy change but at some point stopped notifying users about it's policy    

    change. 



5.    Amber brought a story about online psychotherapy.  We discussed the pros and    

    cons of this new type of therapy.  It could be more conviant and less time    

    consuming.  For people that have problems getting out of their house for    

    whatever reason.  The disadvatages could be that it would make it easy for    

    people to keep people from getting over fears about going outside.