Anonymous a group of hacktivist is again in the news.They have threatened to destroy facebook on 5th November.This date 5 november is celebrated in remembrance of Guy Fawkes who in 1605 attempted the failed Gunpowder Plot — an attempt to blow up England’s House of Lords and kill King James I.
They have named it as Operation Facebook.They have decided to take down facebook due to Privacy policies.In a press release they stated
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.
Should You be Worried?
According to Anonymous Facebook Operation is not supported by all of its members.So,this attack is planned by few members of the group.Moreover they have given more then enough time to Facebook to fill up any loopholes in their security (if any).Earlier they started their own social network website called AnonPlus which got hacked by another group of hackers (lol).This clearly indicates that there’s nothing much to worry.
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