Thanks for those links! But ...Phew. I "should" be "safe".
I only use ANY browser in "private" mode, with no add-ons (in Chrome this is known as "Incognito" mode). I have any and all "auto fill" and "remember this for me" turned off in my browsers. I don't have it remember "history" or save "cookies". Flash (and other similar add-ins) are OFF unless I enable them per-instance. There is no "cache" saved on my browsers (except I don't trust IE in this regard - even with everything "off" it still creates these odd directories of files that can't be read - so I don't use IE very often).
IOW, I don't need all those "conveniences" that seem to be of paramount importance to most everyone these days.
As one of the articles notes:
Alternatively, disabling Autofill or using Incognito mode will protect form data
Also, just as a point of note: that's year-old+ info. Chrome has been updated many times since then. Perhaps those vulnerabilities have been closed?
The worst thing I worry about these days, and don't really account for yet, is the way the "canvas" can still ID you - even with all that crap turned off. The TOR browser warns about it and blocks it - but I don't use it often (enough).
Thanks for the leads :)