FTX widget causing requests to ftx.com at startup without user opt-in

[fmarier]

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run browser through a proxy such as mitmproxy:

mitmproxy --mode socks5 --listen-port 9000
brave-browser-stable --user-data-dir=/home/francois/brave-temp-profile --proxy-server="socks5://localhost:9000"

2. Create a new browser profile.
3. Start the browser.
4. Wait until the NTP has been shown.

Actual result:

Expected result:

No requests to ftx.com should occur unless the user has interacted / signed into the FTX widget.

Reproduces how often:

Always

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave | 1.34.80 Chromium: 97.0.4692.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision | adefa7837d02a07a604c1e6eff0b3a09422ab88d-refs/branch-heads/4692@{#1247}
OS | Linux

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? YES
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? YES
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? YES

[stephendonner]

Verified PASSED using

Brave	1.34.81 Chromium: 97.0.4692.99 (Official Build) (x86_64)
Revision	d740da257583289dbebd2eb37e8668928fac5ead-refs/branch-heads/4692@{#1461}
OS	macOS Version 11.6.1 (Build 20G224)

Clean Install Cases

Verified the STR/Cases outlined via brave/brave-browser#20501 (comment) and ensured that there wasn't any outbound network connections when opening the NTP on a new profile. Example:

Also ensured that none of the crypto widgets were visible on a new profile but were available via the following:

Customize dashboard -> Cards

Upgrade Case

Upgraded from 1.34.80 -> 1.34.81

• added all crypto widgets in 1.34.80, upgraded, and ensured they were present and in the same order, in 1.34.81

1.34.80	1.34.81

• hid widgets and confirmed they were not re-enabled by default when upgrading, but were available also via Customize dashboard -> Cards

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Verification PASSED on Win 11 x64 using the following build:

Brave | 1.34.81 Chromium: 97.0.4692.99 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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Revision | d740da257583289dbebd2eb37e8668928fac5ead-refs/branch-heads/4692@{#1461}
OS | Windows 11 Version 21H2 (Build 22000.434)

Clean Install Cases

Verified the STR/Cases outlined via #20501 (comment) and ensured that there wasn't any outbound network connections when opening the NTP on a new profile. Also ensured that there was no third party outbound connections that are not being proxies when launching Brave for the first time. Example:

First Launch	Opening NTP

Also ensured that none of the crypto widgets were visible on a new profile but were available via the following:

• Customise dashboard -> Cards

Upgrade Cases

For the following cases, upgrade from 1.34.80 Chromium: 97.0.4692.71 --> 1.34.81 Chromium: 97.0.4692.99

• ensured that crypto widgets are being displayed in the widget stack if a user has already enabled them
  • checked using Binance, FTX & Gemini
• ensured that users stay authenticated after upgrading when the widget is active/visible under the widget stack
• ensured that users stay authenticated after upgrading when the authenticated widget isn't active/visible in the widget stack
• ensured that the correct order/active widget is maintained after upgrading
• ensured that crypto widgets are not being removed from the widget stack and into Customise dashboard -> Cards when they've been enabled

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Clean Install Cases

Verified the STR/Cases outlined via #20501 (comment) and ensured that there wasn't any outbound network connections when opening the NTP on a new profile. Also ensured that there was no third party outbound connections that are not being proxies when launching Brave for the first time. Example:

Also ensured that none of the crypto widgets were visible on a new profile but were available via the following:

• Customise dashboard -> Cards

Upgrade Cases

For the following cases, upgrade from 1.34.80 Chromium: 97.0.4692.71 --> 1.34.81 Chromium: 97.0.4692.99

• ensured that crypto widgets are being displayed in the widget stack if a user has already enabled them
  • checked using Binance, FTX
• ensured that the correct order/active widget is maintained after upgrading
• ensured that crypto widgets are not being removed from the widget stack and into Customise dashboard -> Cards when they've been enabled