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No longer able to choose between different modes of fingerprinting resistance.
Description
In the Brave browser the options for fingerprinting resistance are no longer available.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open Brave browser
- Navigate to any website
- Open the Brave shield in the top right of the address bar
- Open the 'Advanced controls'
- Observe that 'Block fingerprinting' is now a toggle instead of an option select.
Actual result:
Expected result:
Expecting to see options to change the level of protection available.
Reproduces how often:
Always reproduceable.
Brave version (brave://version info)
1.65.126 Chromium: 124.0.6367.118 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Not tried
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Not tried
Other Additional Information:
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? Not relevant
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? Not relevant
- Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? Not applicable
Miscellaneous Information:
I have checked through the changelogs and cannot find any change listed that would suggest this is intentional. Was this a mistake/bug or a change to how Brave will behave moving forward?