在***调查雇主为了进行背景调查而向求职者索要Facebook密码的几天后，这家社交网络公司在一篇博客文章中做出了回应。Facebook首先重申了它的座右铭“你永远不应该分享你的密码”。如果你向他人索取密码（如其权利和责任声明所述），Facebook还保留终止你的帐户的权利，并表示这样做会使你自己承担“法律责任”。Facebook详细介绍：

"If an employer sees on Facebook that someone is a member of a protected group (e.g. over a certain age, etc.) that employer may open themselves up to claims of discrimination if they don't hire that person."

因此，要求提供密码对雇主来说是两败俱伤。此外，要求别人的Facebook密码和要求别人让你通过他们的邮箱一样可笑。此外，任何拥有你密码的人都可以即时访问你朋友的所有照片、电话号码、电子邮件地址和私人信息，这使得这种做法成为对隐私的更大侵犯。

Facebook最后提到了其保护用户的承诺：

"We'll take action to protect the privacy and security of our users, whether by engaging policymakers or, where appropriate, by initiating legal action, including by shutting down applicati*** that abuse their privileges."

另一方面，康涅狄格州参议员理查德布卢门撒尔（richardblumenthal）也采取了行动，他昨天告诉《政治》杂志（Politico），他正忙于起草一项法案，禁止雇主索要密码，原因与雇主不能再对求职者使用测谎仪相同。虽然Blumenthal和Facebook都无法阻止雇主威胁拒绝放弃密码的求职者，但他们肯定能指出这样做的后果。

最新消息：Facebook向我们提供了一份补充声明，进一步澄清其在这一问题上的立场：

"We don't think employers should be asking prospective employees to provide their passwords because we don't think it's right the thing to do. While we do not have any immediate plans to take legal action against any specific employers, we look forward to engaging with policy makers and other stakeholders, to help better safeguard the privacy of our users."