By default, we currently print out bridge IP:ports and fingerprints in tor's log messages at the notice and warn levels. Users often copy+paste these logs to various public places when trying to debug why their connection isn't working.
I understand that this is probably useful information to give to the support desk for debugging why tor isn't working… but would it be doable to have the support people ask, "Hey could you add SafeLogging 0 to your torrc?" or something?
I think the default should be to sanitise bridge IP:ports and fingerprints at these levels.
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I'm not decided yet on whether to safelog the bridge's fingerprint or use the bridge's hashed fingerprint. I guess I'll decide when I get around to doing this ticket.
It seems wise to check with the support folks, e.g. Colin and Nima, about whether this interaction actually happens with them. "Just add this line to your torrc" is an impossible step for most users, especially now that Tor Browser hides your torrc file so well.
(I don't see "sometimes users share their bridges" as that big a deal, in that without help those people are going to become non-users anyway.)
I'm still not clear that this one is worth it. Individual bridge addresses are not that precious (so the downside of including details about them in logs which are generally not shared is limited), and the benefits to users of having useful log lines, for those relatively advanced users who know how to find their log lines, seems like a somewhat useful upside.