Bug 43729: Revoke access to the advertising ID

Merge Info

Issues

Resolves

• #43729 (closed)

Merging

Target Branches

• tor-browser - !fixups to tor-browser-specific commits, new features, security backports
• base-browser and mullvad-browser - !fixups to base-browser-specific commits, new features to be shared with mullvad-browser, and security backports
  • ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Please list the base-browser-specific commits which need to be cherry-picked to the base-browser and mullvad-browser branches here

Target Channels

• Alpha: esr140-15.0
• Stable: esr128-14.5
• Legacy: esr115-13.5

Backporting

Timeline

• No Backport (preferred): patchset for the next major stable
• Immediate: patchset needed as soon as possible (fixes CVEs, 0-days, etc)
• Next Minor Stable Release: patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
• Eventually: patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport

Review

Change Description

Revoke access to the Google Advertising ID. We did not do this before, I am not sure why. Removing this seems to be the right move though and it doesn't seem to break anything.

How Tested

Build and checked that basic functionality is intact.

Closes #43729 (closed)