When turning off and on Brave Shields, Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are shown as disabled.

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Description

When turning off and on Brave Shields, Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are shown as disabled if they were previously enabled.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Brave
2. Go to any website
3. Open Brave Shields > Advanced controls > Confirm that Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are enabled
4. Turn off Brave Shields
5. Close and reopen Brave Shields
6. Turn on Brave Shields > Observe that Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are shown as disabled
7. Close and reopen Brave Shields again > Observe that Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are actually enabled

Actual result

When turning off and on Brave Shields, Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are shown as disabled if they were previously enabled.

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Expected result

When turning off and on Brave Shields, Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting must not be shown as disabled if they were previously enabled.

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version

Brave build: 1.77 (39)
BraveCore: 1.77.39 (133.0.6943.98)

Device/iOS version

iPhone 14 / iOS 17.7.2

Affected browser versions

• latest AppStore
• latest TestFlight
• previous TestFlight

Reproducibility

• with Brave Shields disabled
• in the latest version of mobile Safari

Miscellaneous information

No response

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Verified on iPhone 14 using version(s):

Device/OS: iPhone 14 / iOS 17.7.2
Brave build: 1.78 (87)
BraveCore: 1.78.87 (135.0.7049.100)

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STEPS:

1. Follow the STR/TP from When turning off and on Brave Shields, Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are shown as disabled. #43968 (comment)
2. Verify

ACTUAL RESULTS:

• Verified that Block Scripts and Block Fingerprinting are correctly shown as enabled after disabling and enabling Shields.

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