[tor-bugs] #23112 [Internal Services/Service - git]: Remove "safely" from the gitweb torsocks description

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#23112: Remove "safely" from the gitweb torsocks description
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     Reporter:  dgoulet                          |      Owner:  tor-gitadm
         Type:  task                             |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                           |  Milestone:
    Component:  Internal Services/Service - git  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                           |   Keywords:
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 On gitweb.torproject.org, the descriptor for the torsocks repository is
 "Wrapper to safely torify applications".

 I think that we should remove "safely" because torsocks try its best but
 it's far from fully "safe" or even providing a level of comfortable safety
 with any random applications.

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