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Add a note about using Tor to the README
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# Using with Tor

You can tell Notbit to connect via a Tor server running on the local
machine by passing the -T option. This will also disable the DNS
bootstrapping and won't open any listening ports. The -T option is a
convienence option which is equivalent to `-r 127.0.0.1:9050 -B -i`.
The -B option disables DNS bootstrapping and the -i argument disables
listening ports. If you are running the Tor server on a different
address you can specify these three options explicitly using the
correct address.

# Options

Notbit has some command line options to configure it. These are listed
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