Disable reset report uploader #1844
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privacy/connect
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QA Pass-Linux
QA Pass-macOS
QA Pass-Win64
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Settings → Advanced → "Restore settings to their original defaults" brings up a pseudo-dialog that says "This will reset your startup page, new tab page, search engine, and pinned tabs. It will also disable all extensions and clear temporary data like cookies. Your bookmarks, history and saved passwords will not be cleared. Learn more"
The "learn more" link points to a Brave support page (good), but under the text is a checkbox (selected by default) "Help make Brave better by reporting the current settings". If checked, selecting the "Reset settings" button will send a report to a Google-owned server.
Relevant code: https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/chrome/browser/profile_resetter/reset_report_uploader.cc
According to @bbondy, we should
Verification of upload disabling is covered by automated browser tests.
Test plan for verification of UI changes:
brave://settings
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