ummm..idk about facebook, but , they hack the FBI site regularly, think the holiday is called Fuck FBI Friday.... pretty sure most the sites they hack into that make headline news have pretty good security measures as well... And i agree, nothing has been changed directly cuz of them, but disagree that they are 'useless' with the publicity and arrests being made around the world, its obvious they are seen as some kind of threat... and to my knowledge, they are still around.
Again, stop saying "hack". They don't hack anything. They use pre-made scripts to take down sites or gain unsecure databases. They don't do any hacking. They never hacked the FBI, they just took the site down. They never will hack the FBI. Also, them being arrested has nothing to do with how useful they are. I guess people who smoke pot are super important because they get arrested for possession, right? /sarcasm.
What good has Anonymous done? Cool, they can take down the Bank of America website for a few hours, what does that achieve? Nothing. Life goes on as if it never happened. These wannabe "internet heroes" are nothing but a bunch of jokes who have nothing better to do in their lives.
They make headline news because the media loves to blow stuff out of proportion. Why do celebrities going shopping make the news? Is that important as well?