The end of Facebook

Some of us are dreading it, others don't give fuck. But if we have to believe the group Anonymous then Facebook will be dead by the 5th November.

Facebook doesn't take the privacy of it's users very seriously. Ofcourse we all get the 'maybe you should change your privacy settings' notification. And I too have changed my settings only my friends seeing my information, wall, pictures etc. But it doesn't stop Facebook from doing what they want with all that information. Think about it : You've put your whole life on Facebook, you relationship status, your holiday pictures, contact information perhaps, things you like. All this information can be given to third party services, companies. And that way the Research & Development is done. They immediately know what you like, what you hate.

Anonymous wants to fight this. They want REAL privacy. So these hacktivists plan to take down facebook.
I know that I'm dreading it, basically because I daily go on facebook and I like it. And we'll probably all switch to Google + anyway, so yeah, not such a big deal right ?
But what happens when Facebook finally goes down ? We can't access it, so ALL our information remains ON facebook.

Here's the message to the World from Anonymous.

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.

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