Hi. I have noticed an abnormal behavior. I keep toggling the option of “Black all cookies” in the Brave settings menu on Android since I never log in to websites or any similar activities that require cookies as an essential. I noticed that after around 3 to 4 browsing sessions {that is - browse …

[image] Raccoon: I keep toggling the option of “Black all cookies” in the Brave settings menu on Android since I never log in to websites or any similar activities that require cookies as an essential. Hello, I have Android but don’t use Brave there. Anyway, AFAIK Brave’s policy is not to blo…

Alright so here is what I set by default : [1] But after a couple of browsing sessions it automatically silently reverts back to this without the consent of user - essentially allowing some websites to track their traffic : [2] This can be identified as malicious behavior but I am not sure if …

Thanks for engaging. I’ve briefed with screenshots now.

Maybe an issue with your installation. :thinking: I also have all cookies blocked via that setting and never face an issue that you encounter. @Mattches @sampson may have an idea about that.

@Raccoon , “Malicious” implies intent to do harm. So I can assure you that this behavior is not “malicious”. The first thing I would check is to make sure that you’re not clearing your browsing data “on exit”, which may be reverting some of your settings when you close the browser – Settings --> Pri…

[image] Mattches: Settings → Privacy → Close tabs on exit Yes. This option is enabled and has always been enabled since it was available to me. But the action I mentioned occurs only after a certain interval despite the option being enabled all the time. [image] Mattches: I notice you me…

Settings Being Changed Silently? Backdoor behavior

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anon83185095 January 6, 2021, 2:22pm 2

Can you give steps to reproduce your issue? Providing screenshot will be helpful too to better understanding your case.

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