Facebook’s chief privacy officer: “We don’t think employers should be asking prospective employees to provide their passwords” U.S. senator from Connecticut Richard Blumenthal also to pledged to file legislation to outlaw the practice. Legislation has been filed in Maryland, Illinois and New Jersey to address the issue. New Jersey Assemblyman: “It’s really no different than asking someone to turn over a key to their house” HR expert: “Asking a candidate to open up their private profile and network for you to see is not social recruiting””]