I have a follow-up question for Chrome users (plus any FF devs who may be browsing HN).

Is Chrome really any safer than Firefox when Firefox is used with the "holy trinity" of uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, and NoScript? I realize that comparing a default Chrome install to Firefox with these three extensions might be perceived as an unfair comparison, but this configuration with FF is my daily driver for a long time now and I would like to know if there are any real benefits to returning to a browser from an ad company.

Privacy and security are both important to me, with privacy slightly more so. If I suffer a security breach, I wipe, restore from backups, and continue. Not so for a privacy breach.