1728556 - Video placeholder is empty at indianexpress.com with ETP set to STRICT

Status: NEW

(Core :: Privacy: Anti-Tracking, defect, P3)

Description

[Raul Bucata]

Attachment: Screenshot_22.png

Environment:
Operating system: Android 11
Firefox version: : Firefox Nightly 93.0a1 (2015831403 -🦎93.0a1-20210829215733🦎)

Preconditions:
ETP set to STRICT
Clean profile

Steps to reproduce:

1. Navigate to : https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/ginger-garlic-paste-cooking-hack-easy-aarti-madan-fresh-months-7470474/
2. Scroll the page
3. Observe the video placeholder

Expected Behavior:

The video is present and can be played
Actual Behavior:

The video placeholder is empty

Notes:

• Not reproducible with ETP set to STANDARD
• Works as expected using Chrome
• Screenshot attached"

Comment 1

[Tim Huang[:timhuang]]

Changing severity to S3 because this is a TP issue on Strict mode.

Comment 2

[Thomas Wisniewski [:twisniewski]]

The video is actually an iframe from https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php, which is being blocked. We might be able to extend our Facebook shims to handle this case.