"Getting drunk at a party and posting pictures on Facebook should not be grounds for you getting rejected at an interview."
I agree with the OP - If you don't want to be discriminated against, keep it off the internet, or it can be used against you.
The only exceptions that I can think of would be those aspects that are considered "protected" - I'm in the rather liberal (but at-will-employment) California, so that includes (at last count, they've probably added more, "age (if over 35), ancestry, color, race, sex (gender), religion, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or sexual orientation." - Everything else is fair game. And certainly, drunk pictures of you on facebook would fall within the realm that an employer might reasonably discriminate against you.
If you don't want it used against you, don't place it on the internet, despite the level of protection/encryption/privacy policy you think you have protecting you. The elcomsofts of the world are likely to make your private information less so more quickly than you would think.
I agree with the OP - If you don't want to be discriminated against, keep it off the internet, or it can be used against you.
The only exceptions that I can think of would be those aspects that are considered "protected" - I'm in the rather liberal (but at-will-employment) California, so that includes (at last count, they've probably added more, "age (if over 35), ancestry, color, race, sex (gender), religion, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or sexual orientation." - Everything else is fair game. And certainly, drunk pictures of you on facebook would fall within the realm that an employer might reasonably discriminate against you.
If you don't want it used against you, don't place it on the internet, despite the level of protection/encryption/privacy policy you think you have protecting you. The elcomsofts of the world are likely to make your private information less so more quickly than you would think.