Watched the McAfee documentary on Netflix and somehow it was even more unhinged than the version in your head before you saw it. The man was running for president from a yacht in international waters with seven staff and four guard dogs while live-tweeting at the IRS. There's no screenwriter alive who could pitch that and not get laughed out of the room.
Tx Neela! I watched that one too — research yknow. All too crazy to show to high schoolers but then i found this clip from him crashing a smaller security conference in the valley https://youtu.be/37G0JmU6NwM?t=794&si=1ICOVHA5WSM3rR8E
Around 13 mins where he says with NSA access he could hack any computer on the planet and turn on the webcam — that got their attention!
Agree; all the footage online he is performing but he was smart. Here’s the clip that was tame enough to show my class. with a few days of NSA access he said he could turn on the webcam of any computer in the world https://youtu.be/37G0JmU6NwM?t=794
Watched the McAfee documentary on Netflix and somehow it was even more unhinged than the version in your head before you saw it. The man was running for president from a yacht in international waters with seven staff and four guard dogs while live-tweeting at the IRS. There's no screenwriter alive who could pitch that and not get laughed out of the room.
This was a super fun read, Andrew.
Storytelling is 10/10
Happy Friday!
Tx Neela! I watched that one too — research yknow. All too crazy to show to high schoolers but then i found this clip from him crashing a smaller security conference in the valley https://youtu.be/37G0JmU6NwM?t=794&si=1ICOVHA5WSM3rR8E
Around 13 mins where he says with NSA access he could hack any computer on the planet and turn on the webcam — that got their attention!
Happy Monday Andrew
Thank you for the link. Will check it out.
He was definitely an “interesting” guy.
Awesome job with this story! You really made it fun.
Tx Tom!
I knew it was a good story when I managed to keep my high school kids attentions for a whole 20 minutes
Good to read this by an insider. Interesting stuff. I'd love to hear the real McAfee stories. Guy was a brilliant wingnut...
Agree; all the footage online he is performing but he was smart. Here’s the clip that was tame enough to show my class. with a few days of NSA access he said he could turn on the webcam of any computer in the world https://youtu.be/37G0JmU6NwM?t=794
scary stuff. Between McAfee and Snowden, the world is too scary to deeply think about...¯\_(ツ)_/¯