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YT views from Private Tabs are being placed into ledger #11959
Labels
0.19.x
issue first seen in 0.19.x
bug
initiative/bat-payments
QA/checked-Linux
QA/checked-macOS
QA/checked-Win64
QA/test-plan-specified
release-notes/exclude
Milestone
Test plan
#11961 (comment)
Description
YT video's that are being watched within
Private Tabs
are being added into the ledger. We don't add websites that have been viewed inPrivate Tabs
, we shouldn't be placing YT views either. This is a privacy issue as the ledger will record which videos have been watched, including the time spent.Steps to Reproduce
about:preferences#payments
Private Tab
about:preferences#payments
and you'll notice the YT view was added into the ledgerActual result:
YT views within
Private Tabs
are being added into the ledger.Expected result:
YT views within
Private Tabs
shouldn't be counted/added into the ledger.Reproduces how often:
100% reproducible using the above STR.
Brave Version
about:brave info:
Reproducible on current live release:
Nope, YT feature currently not present in the release build.
Additional Information
@srirambv and @LaurenWags also reproduced the issue. Reproducible on all three platforms.
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