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The Podium

Monday, June 22

Passwords Kept Private in Bozeman

By Brad

Last week, news made the rounds that the city of Bozeman, Montana was requesting passwords to social networking sites from potential employees. This, naturally, led to complaints about privacy rights being violated.

What a difference a weekend—and a lot of Internet noise—makes. Today, the city announced that it will no longer require job applicants to cough up their passwords.

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