While Blumenthal and Schumer are spearheading initiatives on the national level to address the password issue, legislators on the state level are also moving to protect social network users.

Both Maryland and Illinois are considering bills to bar public agencies from asking for social networking passwords.

In New Jersey, Assemblyman John Burzichelli has that takes a broader approach to the problem. It prohibits all employers "from requiring a current or prospective employee to provide or disclose any user name, password or other means for accessing a personal account or service through an electronic communications device."

Meanwhile, in California, Democratic state Sen. Leeland Yee has also to block employers from not only requesting social media user names and passwords from employees or job applicants, but also bar bosses from asking for a sit-down with employees or applicants to review their social media pages or asking that the pages be printed out for review by managers.