What does it mean to have “shields down” in a private browsing tab vs private browsing with Tor vs “shields down” on non private tabs?
freebee
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eljuno
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Hi @freebee,
More or less, this can help answer your question about Brave Shields Cross-site scripting/Shield question
Let me know if anything unclear. 
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