> Side note: I'm not convinced that the people operating the like farms are wealthy by western standards. I completely agree -- click farming is a way for seco

> Side note: I'm not convinced that the people operating the like farms are wealthy by western standards. I completely agree -- click farming is a way for second-world people to make a living using third-world labor. In the short term, this benefits the surveillance companies at the expense of their clients. In the medium to long term, it probably costs their investors and helps inflate another tech bubble. Seriously shady folks (think Experian, but completely unregulated, at best) will buy the data when it bursts.