[tor-bugs] #8487 [TorBirdy]: Allow back-dooring oneself

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#8487: Allow back-dooring oneself
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 Reporter:  bastik       |          Owner:  ioerror
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:         
Component:  TorBirdy     |        Version:         
 Keywords:               |         Parent:         
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:         
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 This is probably not a good idea. Well I picked the summary accordingly.

 Gmail and Tor just won't work for me, so I can't use TorBirdy because it
 gets used for every account. I can not exclude a domain form being passed
 though Tor. I assume that excluding specific accounts is quite difficult
 so I don't ask for this.

 I also would like to fetch updates without using Tor (to reduce the load
 on the Tor network). I also don't want to put Gmail through Tor because of
 the traffic it might generate. I for myself don't require such an level of
 anonymity.

 This could work on the domain level, by not restoring/resetting the
 network setting where I can exclude domains. Obviously allowing for back-
 dooring oneself is risky, so if you consider this put a big warning on
 such a thing.

 It's bad that some things don't work (Gmail and Tor), but I'd still like
 to be able to use the other properties TorBirdy provides.

 If that gives you major headache and/or makes your stomach twist pick
 INVALID or WONT FIX or whatever fits (nothing I remember REJECTED is
 probably missing).

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