Bloody more Facebook annoyance - bouncers/clubs demanding to CHECK your phone

Tony Williams

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Now if you're unemployed or things I would advise being "two" people. Have you're proper email/Facebook and lock it down (friends only? and fambo) and have a dummy email with a dummy FB and here you can be who you want - I think a lot of gov sites, employers do, do background checks what people forget is half thier FB is public to everyone if it was priv+hacked then different.

Personally when I first started using it I loved the thing but I knew it would turn ****. I liked the whole photo tagging, friend matching from schools and setting up reunions but now I feel it's a weapon. OK here this story on another forum.

Some bouncers have been demanding people hand over their smartphones so they can check Facebook accounts, Newsbeat has been told.

It's claimed that it is to make sure the person is who they say they are and isn't using fake identification.

It happened to Charlotte Neal, 20, who said there had been a few times where bouncers had asked to see her phone.

Charlotte said bouncers had checked that her Facebook name matched her driving licence.

"I kind of just logged onto it [Facebook] and showed him the screen and then he didn't question it any further," explained Charlotte.

"When it happened the first time I didn't really think anything of it.

"Then I thought, 'Hang on, is this really how you're supposed to check how old I am?' But I was out and I wanted to get in the club so I just agreed."
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Take an old Nokia with you. Problem solved.

I very much doubt this is (or will ever be) a common thing though.
 
For 1 I don't think a lot of people would use their 3G just to login to FB. I'd refuse if it were me.

I know some employers check FBs and I don't see a problem with that if they're public. Some people have been fired over certain things they post on their FBs and I find that quite hilarious.
 
I'm sorry is a drivers licence no longer a valid form of photo identifcation then? Stupid doormen, I would just show them the old nokia I take on nights out and see what they do then.
 
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Err I'm not going to create a 2nd FB account (besides if you don't lock yourself down then silly you, and if you think the government and FB can't access your account if they wanted to then you're naive), furthermore, I'm not going to hand my phone to a bouncer.
 
Sounds like they used it on teenagers who they think are using fake ID's and they think this way is to catch them out of the ID says John smith and Facebook already logged in as Joe Bloggs.
 
malfunkshun said:
Read the t&c, if the privacy settings allow public access then ....do I really need to go on?
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Difference between being consensual and being forced to consent to do something.
In the original article, the "bouncer union" ( can't remember the exact name) said that it was illegal and they didn't allow its members to do this.
It really is an invasion of privacy, just think how much information is on it.
However, Paul Martin-Beades, the director of Akira Training, which trains about 250 door staff a year, said checking Facebook accounts was unacceptable.

He said all staff approved by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) are taught about the law and human rights and would know it was wrong.

"Only the people involved can say why they do this but they would never have been taught to do it."
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I think the problem is that there hasn't been any court cases to rule on this, would be good if someone who studies law could say the legality of it.
 
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~Divine~Wind~ said:
And those that dont use facebook?
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Then the bouncer in question is going to have somewhat of a problem checking your account.

I certainly wouldn't be at all keen on the idea of handing my phone over to a bouncer. It would prove nothing other than that there's a Facebook account that is linked to my name or the name I gave them if they were different - there's no sort of age validation on Facebook so it cannot possibly be used as a realistic proof of age.

However as Robbo says I doubt it's a common occurrence.
 
Aye sounds daft, if some of em are insisting on this I wonder how many of them wont accept "dont use facebook" and make a fuss over it lol
 
A weapon? If people didnt realise this at day one, then frankly they shouldn't be on the internet in the first place.

The slightest bit of information is enough for a savvy person in the know to track you down, either using the internet or the old fashioned way (which i dont need nor care to describe).

Quite frankly this is silly, what if a CIA agent tries to get in like a moron, he will have to kill the bouncer...ah well, they brought this upon themselves ;).
 
I think facebook in all is becoming a huge problem. I would advise people to be careful with thier accounts, lock them and maybe for work marry your email with a fake fb or summit. Nothing dodgy just invading privacy too much.
 
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