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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) is a collection of utilities to simplify and a
 
 It has been developed and released by the [Amnesty International Security Lab](https://www.amnesty.org/en/tech/) in July 2021 in the context of the [Pegasus project](https://forbiddenstories.org/about-the-pegasus-project/) along with [a technical forensic methodology and forensic evidences](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/).
 
+*Warning*: this tool has been released as a forensic tool for a technical audience. Using it requires some technical skills such as understanding basics of forensic analysis and using command line tools.
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 [Please check out the documentation.](https://mvt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
 
 ## Installation