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A recently published paper on Facebook surveillance of former romantic partner warns that it affects youru00a0post break-up recovery, adversely and also affects your mental health. In the survey, more than half of the people were still ‘friends’ with their exes online and kept a check on them.

Veer Sharma, 30, Businessman
I signed on to Facebook because my girlfriend is on it. It’s not as if we don’t trust each other or have an unhealthy relationship. I would want to stay in tune with what she does online and whom she is in contact with. A lot of people who don’t care about social networking do it, but don’t accept it. As for an ex, hacking into the account would be a strict no-no; it is a crime but I would check her holiday pictures, see if she has photographs with a guy or how close she is to someone in a photograph, even though I cant do anything about it. If the photos are not locked I wouldn’t mind glancing through them, time and again.