There are all sorts of things you do with your smartphone and this VPN tracks all of them.
I guess my point is that the concept of being directly paid to give up elements of privacy is a well established concept.
I also think it's extremely patronising to the poor to assume that they don't understand what trade off they are making.
and that should make you uncomfortable too! how on earth can you justify this with an equally insane analogue?
I agree with the previous user that it isn't that different than what Nielsen does to collect TV ratings.
Maybe Facebook's execution here wasn't the best, i.e., I agree that a better device would have some limitations as to what kind of data it could access.
Why is, "I don't really care" not enough of a justification for you that I don't mind putting a GPS tracker on my car?
Car insurance. Scope limited to car's location tracking.
This is Facebook, getting access to all of one's online (PKI-based TLS) traffic. Not just mail, banking, etc. All.
Calling this wide scope "elements of privacy" is a bit disingenuous in this day and age.