Was Salvador Dali's 1957 painting about social media?

Salvador Dali's 1957 painting entitled "Modern Rhapsody" from his series The Seven Arts is scarily appropriate when applied to modern communications and social media.

It certainly inspired me to think.

The painting depicts modern communications in the sense that we are being watched or listened to - that our flimsily covered nudity is under the uninvited gaze of others. Social media in the sense that we expose ourselves. In both cases, one of the main figures is human, reaching out and tied to the machine, the human is easier to identify with than any other figure. While the other is a 'in need of repair machine' with reaching tentacles, more strongly aligned with big brother, the media as a machine, or the unthinking viral nature of social media. All along, unintended victims in the form of giraffes burn in the background. The clouds represent the constant unthinking gaze of the public, who by blowing the flames assist the burning while paradoxically threatening to rain. 

Edward Snowden, News of the World and a constantly reported threat of fraud, identity theft and general technology based skulduggery results in for me a growing reluctance to post personal details. Yet our online identities grow in spite of this, and information security has figured increasingly larger in our lives.

It raises a deeper and practical questions, since we now know the less savory nature of modern communications, what changes have you made? What protection do we need?

For me, the changes have been protective in nature, with me less willing to share on social media details about friends and families - and when I do, I seek their permission.