John McAfee

Dr. John McAfee - This software pioneer and father of antivirus needs little introduction. Once a prince of Silicon Valley and a contemporary of such iconic names such as Jobs, Bushnell and Wozniak, he removed himself to a life of seclusion, adventure and international controversy. His return to technology through the company he founded known as Future Tense Central has produced a number of standout efforts. Among them, his latest visions in the world of security and communications include secure messaging, mobile and computer privacy, encryption, and identity. About Get McAfee'd We have all lost freedom. Some more than others. What is left of freedom is all that we have, yet some would insist that they have nothing to hide and that intrusions on privacy are acceptable in exchange for conveniences or the perception of security. This erosion of privacy and the concept of freedom are more than polar opposites, they cannot exist at the same time. The truth that nobody cares more about the security of data than its owner is fallacious, because if the owner cared about the data, they would never have agreed to the terms of the data’s use. So the owner never really owned this data in the first place because of passive agreement to its use. We are all guilty of making this deal to some degree, but you can make a difference by protecting yourself and finding ways to secure your digital life. Take a stand. Visit FutureTenseCentral.com.

Latest from John McAfee

The Ashley Madison hack: Age of self-delusion

Less than eight hours after the Ashley Madison hack, the company issued a statement informing the public and their traumatized customers that they had closed the security holes that had allowed extraordinarily sensitive data on 37 million people, which if released by the hacker, would be the greatest boon to divorce lawyers since the invention ...

Cameron’s ban on whispering

Private communication systems have been around since the invention of human culture. Many are still in use today and are used almost universally. My wife uses them to great effect. A discrete whisper in my ear while we are at a dinner table with friends, promising provocative events at home if we leave immediately, has ...

The Great Wall St. hack mystery

At 11:32 yesterday morning the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) computers went down, causing a four-hour suspension of transactions.  In a four-hour period the NYSE averages about $400 million in trades – a substantial daily loss.  The NYSE and Homeland Security both quickly announced that the problem was not due to a cyber attack. At ...

Domain privacy: Watch this

In the security field we are seldom privy to the data upon which world changing decisions are made in advance of the actual decisions.  This month, with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), we are in such a position and I cannot pass up the opportunity to point out, very graphically, the overwhelming ...

24 major computer breaches in 30-day period. Time to get real.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack has acted as a smokescreen to mask a far broader problem that has occurred in the past 30 days. Here’s the full story in headlines (those in italics are included for completeness only and are not counted in the 24 hacks.): April 7th 2015 – Russians Hack White ...

The death of Antivirus and what comes next

I have been watching the various analysts’ and corporate dissections of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach.  They range from the sublime – “No Comment (the White House)” to the ridiculous – “why were the Social Security numbers not encrypted?” (United States Congressman) Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, after being told that up to 14 million ...

A cyber world in crisis

In the late 60’s I dropped way too much acid.  One of the lingering side effects of overindulgence in LSD is an infrequent occurrence of something called a “flashback”.  It’s a situation where the world turns upside down – bizarre and incomprehensible for a period of time, just like an original LSD trip.  I have ...

Four million ways to lose your secrets

In 1986, I worked for Lockheed Corp. in Sunnyvale, California.  I was recommended for a black program (a program that does not openly exist) developing voice recognition systems for advanced aircraft control for the United States Air Force. The problem at that time was that the G forces of which airplanes were capable made simple ...

How the most damaging hack In cyber history was met with little notice

The 14 largest Megachurches in the world range from the Lakewood Church in Houston Texas (45,000 Members) to the Yoido Church in Seoul Korea (253,000 Members). They all denounce homosexuality as a sin. It is comforting to note that the pastors of only two of these churches were members of Adult Friend Finder, (the online ...

The Hacker, the Plane and the TSA

Last month my good friend and security researcher, Chris Roberts of One World Labs, was detained by FBI agents after a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Philadelphia, about which he tweeted  comments regarding the network security on his plane. @sno0ose Someone needs to buy the TSA Sniffer dog a better chew toy! — Chris Roberts ...