[tor-bugs] #7049 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: [SSL Observatory] localhost Tor detection breaks once the user has picked "submit certs without Tor"

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#7049: [SSL Observatory] localhost Tor detection breaks once the user has picked
"submit certs without Tor"
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 Reporter:  pde                   |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  blocker               |      Milestone:           
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:           
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:           
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Comment(by pde):

 Per Mike's comments in getProxySettings(), we could consider a new
 use_direct variable to replace our current use of use_custom_proxy.  In
 that possible world, use_custom_proxy would be reserved for actual custom
 Tor proxy settings (ie, Tor power users only).

 However we would need to add some transition code, so that all the people
 who have use_custom_proxy set to true, with a direct proxy, due to the
 settings code in past versions of HTTPS Everywhere, would not have their
 settings change under them.

 A hackier solution would be to add "and it's not a direct proxy" to the
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/https-
 everywhere.git/blob/HEAD:/src/components/ssl-observatory.js#l749 test on
 line 750].  That would disenfranchise people who really and truly edited
 about:config to say that they wanted to use a custom tor proxy, and that
 proxy was direct.  Does such a possibility exist?

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