jrkhoops

I'm not convinced that actual value investing is that popular. Sure, a lot of people claim to be "value investors," but very few of them actually go through financial reports or do much in the way of independent thinking and evaluation regarding the underlying businesses. It seems like most of these so-called "value investors" just look at the P/E, follow charts to see if the price is below historical averages, or listen to other people that claim to be "value investors" and then hop on the bandwagon with regard to those ideas.

Seconding duckduckgo. Also, although not perfect, you can use extensions for your browser which help to limit the tracking of your activity and collection of data about you. If you use firefox try installing the following combination: NoScript, Ghostery, and AdBlock Plus. They block most tracking activity by default but allow you to whitelist websites/companies that you trust. It won't help you much against the government (see: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying) since apparently all major ISPs in the US just blanket forward all data and browsing of US citizens to the NSA (usually through "private companies" to avoid legal issues). You can google or duckduckgo this for more information if you want. Regardless, it definitely does help against the many private companies that try to track your every online move and mouse click, including google adsense.