1529116 - Fingerprinting and cryptomining blocking no longer blocking anything

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Protections UI, defect)

Description

[Erica Wright [:ewright]]

Setting the fingerprinting blocking and cryptomining blocking prefs do not result in any blocking.

Nightly 67.0a1 (2019-02-19), MacOS

STR:

• set these prefs in about:config:
  privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled = true
  privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled = true
• navigate to https://senglehardt.com/test/trackingprotection/test_pages/fingerprinting_and_cryptomining_and_cookies.html
• observe the text on the page
• open the control panel

ER:

• text on the page should say "Blocked" in green
• control panel should have 2 entries under "trackers" and "cookies" that show "fingerprinters" and "cryptominers

AR:

• text on the page says "Not Blocked"
• control panel shows only cookies and trackers

Comment 1

[Steven Englehardt [:englehardt]]

Thanks Erica! After setting the prefs to true, did you trigger a list update in about:url-classifier? Unless it's manually triggered, I think the update can take up to an hour.

Comment 2

[Erica Wright [:ewright]]

(In reply to Steven Englehardt [:englehardt] from comment #1)

Thanks Erica! After setting the prefs to true, did you trigger a list update in about:url-classifier? Unless it's manually triggered, I think the update can take up to an hour.

You are correct, I did trigger an update, and manually resetting it got everything to behave as expected again. Thank you.