Last year, i bumped into an old acquaintance of mine, who is one of the renowned ENT specialists in New Delhi. After exchanging pleasantries with him, I asked for his visiting card, just in case I needed to consult him in future.
Very proudly he said, "Oh just google my name and you will get all my contact details.". I was impressed no doubt.
But today, when I read about the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica controversy, where the key issue is unauthorized access of Facebook user data by latter, I wonder if they deserve all such flak? Yes, no doubt unauthorized access of anyone's profile/contact details to serve political or commercial interests is ethically wrong, but then hasn't it been happening since ages, long before the advent of social media?
Let me be candid. How many of us on Facebook or any other social media site, have friends/contacts whom we have never met, and how many of us get a thrill from likes/appreciations to our pics and posts from such unknown friends/contacts?
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