Originally Posted by
Hyde
A. No one gives a damn about ToS. When is the last time you've sat down and read it.
B. Legal =! Moral correct. For one, who thinks these anonymous guys are assholes, I also think that the activities facebook takes part in are bullshit. It would be better if they were reviewed by a court, and morally 'enhanced', instead of an attack.
I do not support anonymous in any way, but I can't see any 'bad' coming from this.
Wait, you DON'T read the Terms of Service for sites which you put personal information on?
And: don't you understand that taking down a service is appointing themselves adjucator of the world and business?
What they are doing is illegal, and denying a service used by billions of people because they can and want to.
The significance of this or "bad coming from this" is the simple fact that they can probably do this and get away with it.
Originally Posted by
4zb41
Well the Facebook privacy policy only states that they won't give out your information to marketers, but doesn't say anything about selling it to government agencies.
Additionally, it is possible to delete your account but it's stated that Facebook "may retain certain information to prevent identity theft and other misconduct even if deletion has been requested." And any information you had stays on there for up to 90 days, after which Facebook's backups are renewed.
Whilst they're not breaking any laws by doing this, I agree with Hyde in saying that it isn't morally correct conduct. I certainly don't want governments (or anyone for that matter) spying on my activities on Facebook, regardless of the fact that I haven't been doing anything illegal.
On the subject of Anonymous' attack, i'd actually like to see how it goes. A successful attack on Facebook would make massive news, and the media would probably label them as stealing your personal information. Oh the irony.
Even if you delete your account it is retained forever. The issue I have is that while facebook's conduct is immoral, it should be a federal agency's job to review that, not Anonymous.