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- ↑ Klarreich, Erica (November 10, 2020), "Computer Scientists Achieve 'Crown Jewel' of Cryptography: A cryptographic master tool called indistinguishability obfuscation has for years seemed too good to be true. Three researchers have figured out that it can work.", Quanta
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