Anonymous: Facebook Is Going Down On November 5

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Hacker group Anonymous, which has been responsible for cyber-attacks on the Pentagon, News Corp, and others, has vowed to destroy Facebook on November 5th. 


Anonymous, the interesting group of people who express their principles in an activist way by infiltrating the systems of the unsuspecting or the merely complacent.


The Village Voice has pointed me to an Anonymous press release that states quite unequivocally that Facebook is going to get it on November 5.
Should that date not be dear to you, it is the day when British people let off fireworks to commemorate Guy Fawkes, a man who felt the passionate need to detonate Britain's Houses of Parliament.


For those who are not familiar with British history, you might have seen Guy Fawkes immortalized in the fine movie "V For Vendetta".


It will be troubling if on November 5, you can't post pictures of your boyfriend and you. Are the hacktivists more powerful than the company that allegedly espouses "hacker culture"? That might make for a very good movie.


Citing privacy concerns and the difficulty involved in deleting a Facebook account, Anonymous hopes to "kill Facebook" the "medium of communication [we] all so dearly adore."


This isn't the first time Anonymous has spoken out against social networks.
After Google removed Anonymous' Gmail and Google+ accounts, Anonymous pledged to create its own social network, called AnonPlus.




Read the full text of the announcement, made on YouTube and reported by Village Voice:
Operation Facebook


DATE: November 5, 2011.


TARGET: https://facebook.com


Press:
Twitter : https://twitter.com/OP_Facebook
http://piratepad.net/YCPcpwrl09
Irc.Anonops.Li #OpFaceBook
Message:


Attention citizens of the world,


We wish to get your attention, hoping you heed the warnings as follows:
Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed. If you are a willing hacktivist or a guy who just wants to protect the freedom of information then join the cause and kill facebook for the sake of your own privacy.


Facebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world. Some of these so-called whitehat infosec firms are working for authoritarian governments, such as those of Egypt and Syria. 


Everything you do on Facebook stays on Facebook regardless of your "privacy" settings, and deleting your account is impossible, even if you "delete" your account, all your personal info stays on Facebook and can be recovered at any time. Changing the privacy settings to make your Facebook account more "private" is also a delusion. Facebook knows more about you than your family. http://www.physorg.com/news170614271.html http://itgrunts.com/2010/10/07/facebook-steals-numbers-and-data-from-your-iph.... 


You cannot hide from the reality in which you, the people of the internet, live in. Facebook is the opposite of the Antisec cause. You are not safe from them nor from any government. One day you will look back on this and realise what we have done here is right, you will thank the rulers of the internet, we are not harming you but saving you.


The riots are underway. It is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity. It is a battle for choice and informed consent. It's unfolding because people are being raped, tickled, molested, and confused into doing things where they don't understand the consequences. Facebook keeps saying that it gives users choices, but that is completely false. It gives users the illusion of and hides the details away from them "for their own good" while they then make millions off of you. When a service is "free," it really means they're making money off of you and your information.


Think for a while and prepare for a day that will go down in history. November 5 2011, #opfacebook . Engaged.


This is our world now. We exist without nationality, without religious bias. We have the right to not be surveilled, not be stalked, and not be used for profit. We have the right to not live as slaves.


We are anonymous
We are legion
We do not forgive
We do not forget
Expect us




The Anonymous hacker group released few videos on video sharing website YouTube. The video announcements are in three different languages - english, german and spanish.
Watch the two of the videos in english:






"Facebook knows more about you than your family." - Anonymous hacktivists said.
Is that true?
Do you think that this will really happen?
Will it be right?
For me, I don't know. I'm kind of on the both sides...
I like that Facebook gives me the opportunity to communicate with my friends and to share things.
But I don't like that I'm not sure who other can see my information, can other people (or corporations) see my personal information and interests?


That's very interesting topic and I will follow it as it develops, so stay tuned!