Hacker Group Anonymous Aims to Destroy Facebook on Nov. 5

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In summary: Vine of her dog being tortured to death, and successfully took down the website for a major credit card company. Basically, they are a bunch of kids with a lot of enthusiasm and/or boredom who like to cause a bit of mischief now and then. They will not be able to do anything to Facebook that cannot also be accomplished by a motivated group of hackers who are not affiliated with Anonymous.In summary, the group Anonymous vows to "kill Facebook" on November 5, citing users' lack of choice in privacy as its reason for attack. However, they do not have the tools or skills necessary to actually destroy the site, and are instead using this as a publicity stunt.
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Evo said:
I don't think the majority of Americans know who Guy Fawkes is, so any meaning is lost on most people outside of the UK, IMO.
A lot of younger Americans saw the movie, refreshing an awareness of GF.
 
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DaveC426913 said:
A lot of younger Americans saw the movie, refreshing an awareness of GF.
Not to mention that the female lead is pretty cute and engenders a lot of empathy regarding the conditions of her confinement.
 
  • #73
DaveC426913 said:
A lot of younger Americans saw the movie, refreshing an awareness of GF.
What movie?
 
  • #74
Evo said:
What movie?

V for Vendetta - the one Galteeh referenced - and you quoted - that started the whole discssion about Nov 5 bring Guy Fawkes Day.
 
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But I just created a Tribe on Facebook!~ :smile:
 
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DaveC426913 said:
V for Vendetta - the one Galteeh referenced - and you quoted - that started the whole discssion about Nov 5 bring Guy Fawkes Day.
He never said it was a movie, I thought he was referring to comic book game, nope never seen it, not my thing.
 
  • #79
Evo said:
He never said it was a movie, I thought he was referring to comic book game, nope never seen it, not my thing.
You might want to rent or borrow the DVD. It is well worth the time, which is something I can rarely say about movies these days.
 
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Evo said:
He never said it was a movie, I thought he was referring to comic book game, nope never seen it, not my thing.

Like MiB and countless other movies it was originally a comic book. Whether it is worthwhile or not is debatable, but its certainly not an obscure low budget film.
 
  • #81
wuliheron said:
Like MiB and countless other movies it was originally a comic book. Whether it is worthwhile or not is debatable, but its certainly not an obscure low budget film.

IMO, the movie wasn't that good. The comic, by Alan Moore (who also did the Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentleman) is much better and more philosophically nuanced. But it certainly created some iconic imagery.
 
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I hope that someday they hack into Standards & Poors and other such institutions that play Russian roulette with the world's economies. Also they should attack FB sooner.
 
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Galteeth said:
IMO, the movie wasn't that good. The comic, by Alan Moore (who also did the Watchmen, From Hell, League of Extraordinary Gentleman) is much better and more philosophically nuanced. But it certainly created some iconic imagery.
I just read the wiki on it, a political movie with some really bad reviews, nope, not something I would be interested in watching.
 
  • #85
Evo said:
I just read the wiki on it, a political movie with some really bad reviews, nope, not something I would be interested in watching.

Political movie? I suppose as a premise. What it really was was a dark superhero vigilante story. Like Batman but against Gotham City.
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Political movie? I suppose as a premise. What it really was was a dark superhero vigilante story. Like Batman but against Gotham City.
Or Zorro (think about it.)
 
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DaveC426913 said:
Political movie? I suppose as a premise. What it really was was a dark superhero vigilante story. Like Batman but against Gotham City.

turbo said:
Or Zorro (think about it.)
Ah, see according to the reviews, you were supposed to get the anti-government, anarchist message.
 
  • #88
Evo said:
Ah, see according to the reviews, you were supposed to get the anti-government, anarchist message.
Broadly, but that's not the appeal of the protagonist. The movie is more complex than that. I don't want to throw out any spoilers for people who might still have an interest in seeing the flick, but there is a lot more going on than anarchy and rebellion in a police state.
 
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turbo said:
Broadly, but that's not the appeal of the protagonist. The movie is more complex than that. I don't want to throw out any spoilers for people who might still have an interest in seeing the flick, but there is a lot more going on than anarchy and rebellion in a police state.

This going a bit off topic, but I would really recommend checking out the book. It's easy to find online.

Differences between the movie and book:

http://comics.ign.com/articles/696/696867p1.html
 

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