[Desktop] Fingerprinting and Ads/Trackers Global Settings keeps reverting

[AsadAlrafidain]

Description

Every time fingerprinting global settings is changed to block all attempts, it'll revert back to block cross site fingerprinting

edit: it seams the problem also affect ads/trackers setting too

Steps to Reproduce

1. open global shield defaults
2. change fingerprinting settings to block all attempts
3. change ads/trackers setting to agressive
4. check back after a while to find the fingerprinting setting has reverted back to block only cross-site fingerprinting(standard in newer releases), and the ads/trackers setting reverted back to standard

Actual result:

the setting change is temporary

Expected result:

The setting change should be permanent

Reproduces how often:

I have a fresh install on another device and it doesn't have this issue...however, it seams that "block all fingerprinting attempts" is the default setting now in new versions of brave browser, so the setting was set from the get-go

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave	1.10.97 Chromium: 83.0.4103.116 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision	8f0c18b4dca9b6699eb629be0f51810c24fb6428-refs/branch-heads/4103@{#716}
OS	Windows 10 OS Version 1909 (Build 18363.900)

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel?
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel?

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Miscellaneous Information:

[AsadAlrafidain]

It seams the issue is fixrd after the last update....closing the isue.

[AsadAlrafidain]

It seams the issue is still present even after updating...

Brave Browser Version 1.11.97 Chromium: 84.0.4147.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[rebron]

Hi @AsadAlrafidain We've updated the fingerprinting settings, can you let us know if you're still having issues with our current release, 1.13.82.

The default setting for Fingerprinting is now "Fingerprinting blocking - standard". Strict and disabled are the other two options. Let us know if you set Fingerprinting to Strict if it reverts back to Standard.

[diracdeltas]

another report of this in #11585

EDIT: that one is for ads/trackers, not fingerprinting, so could be different

[AsadAlrafidain]

I also have the ads/trackers setting reverting back to default beside the fingerprinting setting, and even after updating to release 1.13.82, both these settings still revert back to default (standard)

[rebron]

@AsadAlrafidain Wanted to rule out whether you had "Clear Data on Exit" enabled as that would revert the settings.

[AsadAlrafidain]

@rebron no I don't have "Clear Data on Exit" enabled

[rebron]

@AsadAlrafidain Wanted to follow-up to see if you're still encountering this issue with our latest 1.41.100.
Related issue #23304 was fixed in 1.41.96.

[rebron]

Close as duplicate of #23304