[tor-bugs] #22572 [Core Tor/Tor]: please don't kill WarnUnsafeSocks option

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#22572: please don't kill WarnUnsafeSocks option
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 Reporter:  starlight                            |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.9.2-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  anti-deprecation tor-client needs-   |  Actual Points:
  design regression?                             |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by starlight):

 The motivation for removing the option (to prevent people from harming
 themselves inadvertently) is evident and sensible.  For me it would work
 if a prefix to the socks isolation username or password acted as a flag to
 suppress the warning.  Perhaps "UNSAFE" or similar blatant indication.
 The purpose of the script where this happens is issuing arbitrary DNS
 queries anonymously--no chance  I will accidently request my own addresses
 unintentionally.

 Or, don't worry about it.  I prefer logs clear of distracting noise (so I
 don't miss important messages) and have demoted several daemon messages to
 info or debug level in my builds.  I can hack this one as well.  But spam
 is spam and it invariable harms the signal-to-noise ratio on any channel.

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