There
are millions of people worldwide who use Facebook every day for
uploading pictures, videos, and information about where they are, what
they're doing, and how they're feeling. There is one group of people,
however, who has decided to make a stand against the privacy, or lack
thereof, that Facebook has given its millions of users.
The
matter of a user's privacy on websites like Facebook has been an
ongoing debate among a very large number of people. Despite the fact
that the vast majority of Facebook itself can be set to only allow your
friends to see anything at all except your name and a picture, the
applications that millions of people use through Facebook are constantly
getting your information and using it for any number of things --
everything from deciding which ads to show on sidebars to gaining your
computer's location based on your IP address.
Certain
members of the hacker group known as Anonymous have decided to make a
stand against Facebook; through a message sent to Internet users all
over the world via YouTube, the group has declared it is going to "kill
Facebook" Nov. 5, 2011. Strange that an organization devoted to finding,
getting, and using your information is concerned about the privacy that
Facebook offers.
Information from mashable.com states that this comes after the group's Google+ account, called "Your Anon
News," was banned. The group also has plans to create its own social
networking website at AnonPlus.com. They state that this networking
website will be "a new social network where there is no fear of
censorship, blackout and nor of holding back."
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