No black band for McAfee?
John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
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#332Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, John killed his own dogs after he believed they were poisoned by his neighbor. Were they really poisoned, or was that just one of his psychotic delusions(like his claim that Belizean officials were out to kill him but killed Faull by mistake)? We'll never know. But we do know that his dogs were allowed to run free in a giant pack and attacked at least 6 people (probably more, but they may be locals and not…
He claimed that he gifted laptops to the Belizean government pre-loaded with spyware and alleged to have found evidence that multiple top officials were engaged in drug and human trafficking. If true, would certainly be a motive for those officials.
Weird he never provided any proof of his claims about that. You would think that if he was invested enough to put his own life in risk(according to him) to find out the extent of corruption among officials in Belize, that he would, perhaps, release the information in some manner instead of just pretending like it never existed.
And what was the thinking of the officials who allegedly received the laptops? "Oh no, the man who gave us free laptops has been reading everything we've done on these laptops. Let's plan his murder on these laptops now. Don't worry about finding his address, it's just some home north of San Pedro right? Just go kill a guy and it must be John"
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#333Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you miss the "Tesla buys billions of USD in bitcoin" headlines? Along with the "will accept payment in BTC" pump and "never mind, selling" dump?
did they actually dump their bitcoin? If yes I'd agree that it deserves attention but I don't think that's the case. Probably for that reason Elon actually posted in May or whatever that they have not sold their coins. Unless you can show that he actually mislead users for financial gain I don't think you're going to get authorities involved.
https://www.coindesk.com/tesla-sold-bitcoin-in-q1-for-procee...
This was very easy to find, and makes me question your position that you weren't aware of it.
Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
#334I feel like a lot of people in this thread are forgetting he likely killed his neighbor in 2012 and has been on the run since. I mean, sure he built some antivirus software a few decades ago, but I don't think he deserves the eulogies he's getting here. He's not tech's Hunter S. Thompson; he's a murderer who spent the last years of his life screwing over people with crypto scams.
Was he convincted of murder, or are you acting as the judge and jury based on third hand media reports?
There was a whole civil case about it in the US. So while that doesn't prove he committed murder beyond a reasonable doubt, it means the preponderance of the evidence suggests he did.
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#335I met John in an Atlanta airport lounge years ago[1]. I recognized him immediately as I've always admired him, and I decided to go up to him and tell him as much. He invited me to sit down, and told him about when I was a teenager in the 90s learning about tech entrepreneurs at the time, I always thought he was pretty cool and had good ideas. I told him I respected him, and that I was sure he'd lived an incredible li…
When you say he was "sloshed" do you mean he was drunk? Or do you mean he was very pleased with your praise?
The latter
Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
#336Americans murdered him because he refused to help them spy on everyone with his software like other western companies do?
Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
#337I feel like a lot of people in this thread are forgetting he likely killed his neighbor in 2012 and has been on the run since. I mean, sure he built some antivirus software a few decades ago, but I don't think he deserves the eulogies he's getting here. He's not tech's Hunter S. Thompson; he's a murderer who spent the last years of his life screwing over people with crypto scams.
> I mean, sure he built some antivirus software a few decades ago, but I don't think he deserves the eulogies he's getting here. Surely having built an antivirus us corroborating evidence of evil intent? I find it unlikely that the product he created less damage to computers and user productivity than what it protected them from, especially in the last 15 years or do.
The court of public opinion does not operate on the same rules as a court of law.
Most people still believe OJ "did it" even though he was found innocent. In a just judicial system, the accused must be proven guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt", but the general public are not beholden to such stringent requirements. People are allowed to evaluate the available evidence and come to their own conclusions. In the case of John McAfee, that evidence is pretty damning, and he's done nothing to temper its persuasion.
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#338Interview with Jena Friedman: https://youtu.be/tfe4Fjf3sds
I only wish it was longer.
Well lucky you! https://youtu.be/i0dhBGZgJnk
Re: John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
#339Jena Friedman did a great interview with him back in 2018. Kind of a Nathan for You vibe to it.
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#340One of his last messages, just a few days ago. It is sad and thoughtful:
There is much sorrow in prison, disguised as hostility.
The sorrow is plainly visible even in the most angry faces.
I'm old and content with food and a bed but for the young prison is a horror - a reflection of the minds of those who conceived them.
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/140301918407478887...