Block outbound calls to googleapi.com and android.clients.google.com on browser startup

[srirambv]

Description

Block outbound calls to googleapi.com and android.clients.google.com on browser startup

Steps to reproduce

1. Clean install 1.24.43 x64 nightly build
2. Capture HTTPS traffic on startup
3. Has outbound calls to Google

Actual result

android.clients.google.com	inifinite-pa.googleapi.com

There is also call to googleapi.com for certificateprovisioning which happens on current release build as well

1.24.43	1.22.71

Expected result

No outbound calls to google and proxy if required

Issue reproduces how often

Easy

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store version? No
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Beta version? Not checked
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Nightly version? Yes

Device details

• Install type (ARM, x86): ARM
• Device type (Phone, Tablet, Phablet): Phone
• Android version: 10

Brave version

1.24.43

Website problems only

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? NA
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? NA
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? NA

Additional information

cc: @jumde @SergeyZhukovsky

[deeppandya]

@hffvld can you verify this issue ?

[hffvld]

Hi @deeppandya

I checked it again and I don't see the calls https://android.clients.google.com/ and https://infinitedata-pa.googleapis.com/ that you mentioned above, but I still see another one https://www.googleapis.com/.

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Tested on Pixel 7 using version(s):

Device/OS: Pixel 7 [panther_beta-user 14 U1B2.230922.013 release-keys]
Brave build: 1.60.116
Chromium: 119.0.6045.134 (Official Build) (64-bit) 

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