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John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by virgulino »

devoutsalsa wrote: post #13

I choose to remember him like this: "How To Uninstall McAfee Antivirus" => https://youtu.be/bKgf5PaBzyg

"But the strangest part of knowing McAfee was the time he wanted me to help start an AIDS-free sex club. I still remember how excited he was about his new, brilliant idea. Membership required a fee and an AIDS test. If the test came back negative, you were given a membership card, which you could then take to organized member parties, have lots of casual sex, and not worry about catching the virus."

- My adventures with John McAfee https://www.csoonline.com/article/2616198/my-adventures-with...

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by pdimitar »

Never followed his story but the translated article on NyPost only mentions his cryptocurrency pump and dump scheme.

Which naturally leads me to the question, why was McAffee pursued for this all the way to Europe but Elon Musk isn't even investigated while millions watched him do the same?

I am not loading this politically at all. I am not from the US and I am mostly apathetic to celebrities. But I am genuinely curious why is it OK for one guy to do it and very illegal for another one doing the same?

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by vbo »

fridif wrote: post #30
okamiueru wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As cynical as it might seem, there is an alternative possibility: in spite of getting a tattoo saying he would not kill himself, and in spite of posting a tweet saying he would not kill himself, he went ahead and killed himself.

The better questions are, did he deserve to be imprisoned and did he deserve to die?

Why is this downvoted? Was he actually convicted?

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by anigbrowl »

bennyp101 wrote: post #45
gkoberger wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, he very likely killed his neighbor in 2012... so I feel like "colorful" undermines how much of a monster he's been for over a decade.

I mean, is that 100% true?

Probably (by which I refer to the standard of judgement in the civil suit). https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/20/mcafee_25m_lawsuit_ne...

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by [deleted] »

dntrkv wrote: post #36
bethecloud wrote: post #8

From McAffee in 2019, "Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm. " https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152...

Why would anyone want him dead? I don't think anyone cared about him that much.

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Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by throwkeep »

bethecloud wrote: post #8

From McAffee in 2019, "Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm. " https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/120086428376625152...

October, 2020

I am content in here. I have friends.

The food is good. All is well.

Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine.

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/131680121508322509...

Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US

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Post by dntrkv »

fridif wrote: post #30
okamiueru wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As cynical as it might seem, there is an alternative possibility: in spite of getting a tattoo saying he would not kill himself, and in spite of posting a tweet saying he would not kill himself, he went ahead and killed himself.

The better questions are, did he deserve to be imprisoned and did he deserve to die?

> did he deserve to be imprisoned

I mean, that's kinda what happens when you don't pay your taxes and run from the government. He would've gotten a trial if he didn't commit suicide.

> did he deserve to die

No, I don't think anyone deserves to die. But, the most likely case here is he did kill himself, in which case, it's kinda on him.

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