Facebook Users - Beware of the 5th of November
 

The hacking group, Anonymous have a new target: Facebook, saying;

Quote:

We'll kill Facebook on bonfire night

So is this a empty threat, or will they attempt to bring down the biggest social media site? If they succeed, will society in the western world collapse due to Facebook users been unable to communicate with friends, "like" and other facebook stuff (not a user so have no idea what people do on facebook).

Remember remember the 5th of november... sorry, couldn't resist :DL

Oh well, I won't miss it even if it is an everyday part of my life. Since in the last months it has become utter cra... excrement.

Hahaha! Go Anonymous. :up:

Well I guess people will just have to pick up the phone to talk to their friends. Worked in the past and still works today. Imagine that!

Can't say I'd miss it but I know quite a few people who would.

They don't have their phone numbers anymore...

:damn:

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I would wager that Facebook is still up and running on November 6th.

None of the quasi-official Anon sources confirmed that the video posted was in fact from Anonymous, and at one point yesterday, I read an article that suggested that the video was no where near Anonymous' previously-released videos' standards, suggesting a simulacrum and not genuinely from Anon.

Who knows, though I doubt even Anon have the minerals to do much to Facebook.

Fifth of November - it's bloody HunterICX again:doh:

Phone numbers of your friends are available on FB, provided the user has ticked (or unticked) the correct boxes, so if you want them get them now. Facebook is just as open to this malarky as any other company but hopefully this will give them a nudge to redouble their security efforts.

I know people who knock FB and can't see the point but it is great for me to keep in touch with family in Canadialand and throughout UK, and some criminal associates Down Under (sorry, friends that have emigrated to Oz). It also helps me to keep in touch with all my old air force buddies spread globally - saves me a fortune in telephone calls or stamps. :yep:

If it did all end, it wouldn't be the end of the world, just very annoying, if the hackers want to be useful they can just get rid of FB's irritating games and their invitations. Then they'd be rejoiced by the majority of users. :D

They'll easily succeed. Anon/Luzsec could bring facebook down using a simple DDoS attack from the LOIC, I suspect though that they have other 'tactics' available to them.

BTW, Anon/Luz usually only target sites/companies which they perceive have done wrong toward the general populace. What's their reasoning behind going after FB?

How about every privacy amendment FB ever makes? :doh:

Then I'm guessing they are not the best of friends then. :03:

:yep: Am a FB user myself, but they need to smarten up with their non-privacy policy. :down:

How bout the whole insidious nature of Facebook, and how they have intentionally designed it to be as addictive as possible. I am actually surprized they haven't targeted FB yet.

It would be a poor show if they'd intentionally designed it to be ignored. :doh: But I'm with you on the insidious side.

I like FaceBook. It's the only contact I have with my kids. That said, I only remember to log on every few days, and then see if they've posted any new pictures of their kids. The band uses it to advertise.

So, if it went away tomorrow I'd be a little bummed about my kids, but it wouldn't really mean anything.

if the anarchists say 5th, bet your life it'll be the 4th or the 6th !

Anonymous isn't really a "group" it's just a pseudonym anyone who is connected with sights like 4chan, 2chan 420chan etc. uses when they want to do things like this. There isn't some central evil council or anything.

I only use Facebook for photos and keeping up with my friends scattered across the globe.

I have lifetime memories on there. If they get rid of my photo's, I'm gonna be FREAKING P.O'D LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!!

Backup while you can, then.