a demand for passwords for 'accounts such as Facebook, Myspace, etc'. The application - purportedly for a clerical position with Maryland police - asks for passwords which would allow access to private messages, pictures and even friends' private details Tecca, the blog which found the job application, commented, 'Would you agree to a full search of your home and worldly possessions in order to land a job? If the answer is no, then you should be just as hesitant to let someone rummage around inside your online identity. ' Various online agencies now offer to 'clean' people's online profiles specifically for job applications, and young job applicants often use pseudonyms on Facebook to prevent employers 'snooping'. After a recent scandal about Australian bosses rejecting applicants because of Facebook posts, Mark Bowles, Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist said, 'We're starting to see a trend towards people setting up two Facebook accounts so they can still have an account to share photos with friends and when it comes to befriending workmates and bosses they have a separate account, which they can keep a bit more sterile.' Be careful: What you post online may come back to haunt you later in life Christopher Graham, the information commissioner, said: 'In tough times, young people are clearly less relaxed about privacy, particularly in relation to information that they post online - but many may not know what they can do about it.' This survey comes after Acas, the arbitration service, published a