cross-posted from: https://lemmy.capebreton.social/post/604393
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.capebreton.social/post/604391
John David McAfee (/ˈmækəfiː/ MAK-ə-fee;[2][3] 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British-American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company.[4] McAfee became the company’s most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company’s anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware. He disavowed the company’s continued use of his name in branding, a practice that has persisted in spite of a short-lived corporate rebrand attempt under Intel ownership.
McAfee’s fortunes plummeted in the financial crisis of 2007–2008. After leaving McAfee Associates, he founded the companies Tribal Voice (makers of the PowWow chat program), QuorumEx, and Future Tense Central, among others, and was involved in leadership positions in the companies Everykey, MGT Capital Investments, and Luxcore, among others. His personal and business interests included smartphone apps, cryptocurrency, yoga, light-sport aircraft[5] and recreational drug use. He resided for a number of years in Belize, but returned to the United States in 2013 while wanted in Belize for questioning on suspicion of murder.[6]
In October 2020, McAfee was arrested in Spain over U.S. tax evasion charges.[7] U.S. federal prosecutors brought criminal and civil charges alleging that McAfee had failed to file income taxes over a four-year period.[8][9] On 23 June 2021, he was found dead due to an apparent suicide by hanging in his prison cell near Barcelona shortly after the Spanish National Court authorized his extradition to the U.S.[10][11][12] His death generated speculation and conspiracy theories about the possibility that he was murdered.[13] McAfee’s wife, Janice McAfee, said she did not believe McAfee committed suicide.[14][15]
How did they leave out the bit where he argued that you should be able to f*** whales? Like he was arguing it had to be consentual because of their size and shit.
I’m sorry; he argued for what.
His right to have a whale of a time.
He was a crazy guy but his antivirus was legit back in the day. Then corpos took it over and it went to shit.
He never ate his own balls like he said he would. Coward.
he’s a crazy guy
RIP to the internet’s crazy uncle
I have a photo with him when he showed up at a Defcon afterparty a couple of years back. Dude definitely was on something, but he was all smiles and happy to take pictures with everyone.
He was one crazy mofo. He would’ve got in the octagon with Elon and the Zuck the same time and would’ve won. Not his fault the suckers forgot to bring a gun.
He used to follow me on Twitter.
