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

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Post by Barrin92 »

jfrunyon wrote: post #122
Barrin92 wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Musk was fined 40 million for his stock tweets but I don't think he technically ever engaged in any crypto pump and dump because I don't think he ever actually held (or dumped) any crypto. I assume you have to actually financially benefit from such a scheme to commit some sort of crime. Otherwise you're basically just shitposting about crypto.

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.

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Post by viro »

beebeepka wrote: post #118
chris11 wrote: post #79

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No, the best outcome would have been a trial with a fair outcome. But he went down to South America, started making drugs, and got accused of rape and murder. The legal system should assume innocence before trial, though in my personal opinion he was an evil man.

What ecil did he do? Take drugs?

he was wanted for murder in Belize....

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Post by morelisp »

pfisch wrote: post #124
celticninja wrote: post #87

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Because whatever he says in a trial becomes public record and widely reported on.

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but who cares what he says? He is just a crazy person who dodged taxes.

Unfortunately like Shkreli, Trump, etc., he has amassed an army of angry young extremely online men who hung on his every word, and will now descend on the comments section.

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Post by stickfigure »

chris11 wrote: post #79
fridif wrote: post #30

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

No, the best outcome would have been a trial with a fair outcome. But he went down to South America, started making drugs, and got accused of rape and murder. The legal system should assume innocence before trial, though in my personal opinion he was an evil man.

You got the continent wrong.

I don't have much of an opinion about McAfee, but it bugs me a bit when people who know less than I do have stronger opinions.

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Post by colordrops »

TheAdamAndChe wrote: post #92
dragontamer wrote: post #63

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That was 2 years ago though. A lot in a person's life can change in just 2 years.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27609346 He's also indicated much more recently that any "suicide" wouldn't be such.

Very strange that you are being down voted.

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Post by CheezeIt »

gkoberger wrote: post #96
uncletammy wrote: post #77

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> I 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. In America, we're supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty. It's a shame it really only takes an accusation.

He was found guilty in civil court in Florida and forced to pay $25M; he never stood trial because he fled. Also, presumption of innocence applies to the law, not to HN comments.

He wasn’t “found guilty,” it was a default judgement.

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Post by willis936 »

smsm42 wrote: post #75
okamiueru wrote: post #22

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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.

Which poses the question - if you're absolutely sure you're not going to kill yourself, how could you make sure that everybody knows it and believes it? Is there a way?

Reliable (and potentially even publicly accessible) surveillance. Just livestream every moment of your life and keep logs in multiple locations.

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Post by masklinn »

gkoberger wrote: post #32

I 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.

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Post by smoldesu »

mc32 wrote: post #3

Good or bad, what a sad ending to a colorful life. The guy was troubled and had many shortcomings, but he was colorful and also achieved success and arguably was one of the seminal figures in the nascent AV industry. Sad to see his fall from grace and into a world of extravagance, deceit and cheating (taxes) and, if allegations true, even worse; then to end it on the floor of a jail -all by his own hands.

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