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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sendafriend is rated Adults Only because it generates random words sometimes and
 
 ## installation
 
-requires you to have go installed and your gopath configured correctly (sorry)
+requires you to have go installed and your gopath configured correctly (sorry). it also requires tor to be installed and running, with no authentication on the default control port (sorry, fixing now)
 
 `go get openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/sendafriend`