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Right now, the Brave Shields icon is only changed when users manually disable Brave Shields on a per-site basis, disabling Brave Shields globally via brave://settings/shields or Settings -> Brave shields & privacy is not taken into consideration.
I'm not sure if there are privacy features that are untied to the features displayed at brave://settings/shields and Settings -> Brave shields & privacy so the icon remains active, but even if there are, displaying an active Brave Shields icon all the time is misleading and surely doesn't represent the true state of Brave Shields.
Steps to Reproduce
Fresh user profile.
Disable all Brave Shields features via brave://settings/shields or Settings -> Brave shields & privacy.
Visit a random website.
Actual result:
The Brave Shields icon appears active although all Brave Shields features are disabled globally. Hovering over the Brave Shields icon shows a Has access to this site message.
Expected result:
The Brave Shields icon should either be grayed out since all Brave Shields features are disabled globally or there should be a text indicating that Brave Shields features are disabled globally, for example hovering over the icon could show a message Brave Shields is disabled globally, check Brave settings, for example.
Why do users need an indicator that tells them whether Brave Shields is disabled globally?
Users won't understand their privacy is exposed until they decide to click on the Brave Shields icon in the address bar (if they decide to do so).
The Cookie blocking feature of Brave Shields is directly related to the way Brave handles all cookies globally. Disabling the feature means all cookies (first-party + third-party cookies) will be accepted by the user.
Description
Right now, the
Brave Shields
icon is only changed when users manually disableBrave Shields
on a per-site basis, disablingBrave Shields
globally viabrave://settings/shields
orSettings -> Brave shields & privacy
is not taken into consideration.I'm not sure if there are privacy features that are untied to the features displayed at
brave://settings/shields
andSettings -> Brave shields & privacy
so the icon remains active, but even if there are, displaying an activeBrave Shields
icon all the time is misleading and surely doesn't represent the true state ofBrave Shields
.Steps to Reproduce
Brave Shields
features viabrave://settings/shields
orSettings -> Brave shields & privacy
.Actual result:
The
Brave Shields
icon appears active although allBrave Shields
features are disabled globally. Hovering over theBrave Shields
icon shows aHas access to this site
message.Expected result:
The
Brave Shields
icon should either be grayed out since allBrave Shields
features are disabled globally or there should be a text indicating thatBrave Shields
features are disabled globally, for example hovering over the icon could show a messageBrave Shields is disabled globally, check Brave settings
, for example.Why do users need an indicator that tells them whether
Brave Shields
is disabled globally?Brave Shields
icon in the address bar (if they decide to do so).Cookie blocking
feature ofBrave Shields
is directly related to the way Brave handles all cookies globally. Disabling the feature means all cookies (first-party + third-party cookies) will be accepted by the user.Reproduces how often:
Easily
Desktop Brave version:
Android Device details:
Huawei Mate 10 lite
Version/Channel Information:
Other Additional Information:
Miscellaneous Information:
@karenkliu - #17369 (comment)
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