Wired -- Tucked in the corner of one classroom was Minh Duong, a senior on the verge of graduating and who is now studying computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Duong sat pouring over his laptop, chatting with three other friends—Shapes, Jimmy, and Green—on encrypted messenger Element, making sure the last of his custom code executed correctly. As the countdown hit zero, a grainy, gyrating Rick Astley burst into the first notes of “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
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