Does Opera, therefore, offer the security of Chrome without the Google back door, or am I kidding myself?
“Does Opera, therefore, offer the security of Chrome without the Google back door, or am I kidding myself?”
It depends on how fast they deliver security updates. If it takes them a long time to fix a problem (and everyone will have problems no matter what engine they use), you may be exploited in the meantime.
Probably kidding yourself. There are options in both to not track your activities online...
And I have ghostery and no ad running.