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   "text": "Centralized authorities have a long record of using crises to justify the introduction of monitoring tools that outlast their original purpose.",
   "abstract": "centralized authorities have a long rec- ord of using crises to justify the introduction of monitoring tools that outlast their original purpose.",
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   "text": "People participate more willingly with decentralized apps when their information remains under their personal control, and zero knowledge proofs make exactly that possible by allowing complex information to be shared for social improvement while personal information stays controlled.",
   "abstract": "People more willingly participate with decentralized apps, if their information remains under their personal control. ZK proofs allow people to do exactly that, sharing complex information for the purposes of social improvement, while maintaining control of their personal information.",
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