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Orbot: Add paragraph about PIE/noPIE flavors. Closes #131

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@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ available from the Mozilla addon site).
This app will use root access if you have it, but it is not required. Root
access is used to transparently proxy apps, which allows you to force any app
to use Tor.
Currently there are two build falvors available, PIE and noPIE. "Position
independent executable" is a technique that got introduced somewhere in the
Android 4.x cycle and the PIE builds should be default for Android 5+. For
technical details see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code Wikipedia].
Basically you should use PIE builds when they are available for your device.
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Requires Root:Yes