diff --git a/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.cpp b/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.cpp
index d6ff00af9c67..a95712d1baa8 100644
--- a/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ NS_INTERFACE_MAP_END
 
 BrowsingContextWebProgress::BrowsingContextWebProgress(
     CanonicalBrowsingContext* aBrowsingContext)
-    : mCurrentBrowsingContext(aBrowsingContext) {}
+    : mCurrentBrowsingContext(aBrowsingContext) {
+  if (aBrowsingContext->IsTop()) {
+    mScopedPrefs = new mozilla::ScopedPrefs();
+  } else {
+    // inherit top scoped prefs from top browsing context
+    mScopedPrefs = aBrowsingContext->Top()->GetWebProgress()->mScopedPrefs;
+  }
+}
 
 BrowsingContextWebProgress::~BrowsingContextWebProgress() = default;
 
@@ -210,6 +217,10 @@ void BrowsingContextWebProgress::DropBounceTrackingState() {
   mBounceTrackingState = nullptr;
 }
 
+already_AddRefed<nsIScopedPrefs> BrowsingContextWebProgress::ScopedPrefs() {
+  return do_AddRef(mScopedPrefs);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // nsIWebProgressListener
 
diff --git a/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.h b/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.h
index d0379f0fbfa7..2766efa46bdf 100644
--- a/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.h
+++ b/docshell/base/BrowsingContextWebProgress.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef mozilla_dom_BrowsingContextWebProgress_h
 #define mozilla_dom_BrowsingContextWebProgress_h
 
+#include "nsIScopedPrefs.h"
 #include "nsIWebProgress.h"
 #include "nsIWebProgressListener.h"
 #include "nsTObserverArray.h"
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ class BrowsingContextWebProgress final : public nsIWebProgress,
   void SetLoadType(uint32_t aLoadType) { mLoadType = aLoadType; }
 
   already_AddRefed<BounceTrackingState> GetBounceTrackingState();
+  already_AddRefed<nsIScopedPrefs> ScopedPrefs();
 
   // Drops our reference to BounceTrackingState. This is used when the feature
   // gets disabled.
@@ -102,6 +104,10 @@ class BrowsingContextWebProgress final : public nsIWebProgress,
   bool mIsLoadingDocument = false;
 
   RefPtr<mozilla::BounceTrackingState> mBounceTrackingState;
+
+  // Allow overriding some prefs for the lifetime of a particular tab
+  // one per TopBrowsingContext
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIScopedPrefs> mScopedPrefs;
 };
 
 }  // namespace mozilla::dom
diff --git a/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.cpp b/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.cpp
index 8fa60394df85..1b5e286d6a49 100644
--- a/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.cpp
+++ b/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.cpp
@@ -3620,6 +3620,13 @@ CanonicalBrowsingContext::GetBounceTrackingState() {
   return mWebProgress->GetBounceTrackingState();
 }
 
+already_AddRefed<nsIScopedPrefs> CanonicalBrowsingContext::GetScopedPrefs() {
+  if (!mWebProgress) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  return mWebProgress->ScopedPrefs();
+}
+
 bool CanonicalBrowsingContext::CanOpenModalPicker() {
   if (!mozilla::StaticPrefs::browser_disable_pickers_background_tabs()) {
     return true;
diff --git a/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.h b/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.h
index 87d317345c15..5549f8eeec30 100644
--- a/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.h
+++ b/docshell/base/CanonicalBrowsingContext.h
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ class CanonicalBrowsingContext final : public BrowsingContext {
   already_AddRefed<nsISHEntry> GetMostRecentLoadingSessionHistoryEntry();
 
   already_AddRefed<BounceTrackingState> GetBounceTrackingState();
+  already_AddRefed<nsIScopedPrefs> GetScopedPrefs();
 
   bool CanOpenModalPicker();
 
diff --git a/dom/bindings/Bindings.conf b/dom/bindings/Bindings.conf
index 44cea1c59be0..8e61d7978418 100644
--- a/dom/bindings/Bindings.conf
+++ b/dom/bindings/Bindings.conf
@@ -2030,6 +2030,7 @@ addExternalIface('URI', nativeType='nsIURI', headerFile='nsIURI.h',
 addExternalIface('XULCommandDispatcher', notflattened=True)
 addExternalIface('nsISHistory', nativeType='nsISHistory', notflattened=True)
 addExternalIface('nsISHEntry', nativeType='nsISHEntry', notflattened=True)
+addExternalIface('nsIScopedPrefs', nativeType='nsIScopedPrefs', notflattened=True)
 addExternalIface('ReferrerInfo', nativeType='nsIReferrerInfo')
 addExternalIface('nsIPermissionDelegateHandler',
                  nativeType='nsIPermissionDelegateHandler',
diff --git a/dom/chrome-webidl/BrowsingContext.webidl b/dom/chrome-webidl/BrowsingContext.webidl
index d80abcf58e0c..72c3b2f21b26 100644
--- a/dom/chrome-webidl/BrowsingContext.webidl
+++ b/dom/chrome-webidl/BrowsingContext.webidl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ interface nsIDocShell;
 interface nsIDOMGeoPosition;
 interface nsISecureBrowserUI;
 interface nsISHEntry;
+interface nsIScopedPrefs;
 interface nsIPrintSettings;
 interface nsIWebProgress;
 
@@ -468,6 +469,8 @@ interface CanonicalBrowsingContext : BrowsingContext {
 
   readonly attribute nsISHEntry? mostRecentLoadingSessionHistoryEntry;
 
+  readonly attribute nsIScopedPrefs? scopedPrefs;
+
   /**
    * Indicates if the embedder element or an ancestor has hidden
    * visibility, or no frame.
diff --git a/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureConsentManagerAnnotation.cpp b/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureConsentManagerAnnotation.cpp
index d1c8b7807aec..baa0f8982e2d 100644
--- a/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureConsentManagerAnnotation.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureConsentManagerAnnotation.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/Logging.h"
 #include "mozilla/StaticPrefs_privacy.h"
 #include "mozilla/StaticPtr.h"
+#include "mozilla/ScopedPrefs.h"
 #include "mozilla/net/UrlClassifierCommon.h"
 #include "nsIChannel.h"
 #include "nsIClassifiedChannel.h"
@@ -101,9 +102,8 @@ UrlClassifierFeatureConsentManagerAnnotation::MaybeCreate(
   }
 
   // We also don't need to annotate the channel if we are not blocking trackers
-  if (!StaticPrefs::privacy_trackingprotection_enabled() &&
-      !(NS_UsePrivateBrowsing(aChannel) &&
-        StaticPrefs::privacy_trackingprotection_pbmode_enabled())) {
+  if (!ScopedPrefs::BoolPrefScoped(
+          ScopedPrefs::PRIVACY_TRACKINGPROTECTION_ENABLED, aChannel)) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
diff --git a/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection.cpp b/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection.cpp
index 8381b17611f0..def833efc5e8 100644
--- a/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/url-classifier/UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection.h"
 
 #include "mozilla/AntiTrackingUtils.h"
+#include "mozilla/ScopedPrefs.h"
 #include "mozilla/net/UrlClassifierCommon.h"
 #include "ChannelClassifierService.h"
 #include "nsIChannel.h"
@@ -84,19 +85,26 @@ UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection::MaybeCreate(nsIChannel* aChannel) {
       ("UrlClassifierFeatureTrackingProtection::MaybeCreate - channel %p",
        aChannel));
 
+#ifdef ANDROID  // TODO(Bug 2005278): keep behavior between platforms consistent
   nsCOMPtr<nsILoadContext> loadContext;
   NS_QueryNotificationCallbacks(aChannel, loadContext);
   if (!loadContext) {
     // Some channels don't have a loadcontext, check the global tracking
     // protection preference.
-    if (!StaticPrefs::privacy_trackingprotection_enabled() &&
-        !(NS_UsePrivateBrowsing(aChannel) &&
-          StaticPrefs::privacy_trackingprotection_pbmode_enabled())) {
+    if (!ScopedPrefs::BoolPrefScoped(
+            ScopedPrefs::PRIVACY_TRACKINGPROTECTION_ENABLED, aChannel)) {
       return nullptr;
     }
   } else if (!loadContext->UseTrackingProtection()) {
     return nullptr;
   }
+#else   // !ANDROID
+  // Always check tracking protection pref on desktop
+  if (!ScopedPrefs::BoolPrefScoped(
+          ScopedPrefs::PRIVACY_TRACKINGPROTECTION_ENABLED, aChannel)) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+#endif  // ANDROID
 
   RefPtr<nsILoadInfo> loadInfo = aChannel->LoadInfo();
   bool isThirdParty = loadInfo->GetIsThirdPartyContextToTopWindow();