Topic: Video: John McAfee and the FBI Finally Face Off On CNN (CNN Interview) (Read 785 times)

Exactly.

The FBI is trying to leverage their brand image against Apple, and Apple has better PR people and they are flipping it around and turning it into a win because "Apple fights for your privacy!". The truth is they are both liars.

The FBI knows how to get into iPhones and is very capable. Fuck anyone with $50 can pay a service to get it cracked. This is script kiddy shit not national level intelligence. This was John McAfee's point. The FBI wants access to ALL IPHONES, not just criminals with which they have to use due process to access, that is why they are doing this. This is the same argument they used for mass surveillance of all communications. "Oh but going to court is too hard waaaa!". That worked out well for the American people and the world didn't it?

 They can't demand it under the law, so they are playing dirty tricks to attempt to extort Apple into releasing the encryption keys and putting every iPhone owner at risk. Once it is out, it is out, there is no putting it back because it is hardware based. Also lets not forget all the finger print data they can scrape from these print scanner enabled phones... I am also willing to bet people at the NSA/CIA have already acquired this encryption key anyway like they usually do via fraud and other surreptitious means. All this has played out before with other products and companies if you care to read about it. It has not ended well even once.

The end result is everyone is less safe. Why should the government give a shit? That is just job security for them with more people screaming for help to save them from the hackers. Hackers which got their information DIRECTLY FROM GOVERNMENT DATABASES. They can't secure their own private information, what makes you think they can protect yours? Also who pays for it when it does get out? The FBI? Nooo, just the individual users who are exploited as a result, and to a lesser extent Apple because people will stop buying products known to be insecure.

The FBI already has access to all Apple devices, I really don't get how people can fall in this "Apple protects the privacy of its customers" narrative.

There is no debate, they just want to fool people into thinking someone care about their freedom

John McAfee is an FBI informant. FBI helped him to evade arrest for his crimes in Belize. So in return, he is helping FBI to hack in to Apple. The "face-off" was a staged event, to convince the viewers that he has nothing to do with FBI/CIA. Both Symantec and McAfee are co-operating with the FBI and the other American federal agencies to steal user data. Only Kasper has the courage to stand against them.

McAfee has said that he hasn't had anything to do with McAfee computer security for 15 years - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKgf5PaBzyg... even though he understands it (does he?).

What bad exactly was he proven of doing? Mainstream media slandering based on no facts doesn't count. Please enlighten us.

Well McAfee's legacy is an antivirus program he has, since selling out, recommended people not to use. Moving to Belize was an odd move, but then you have to be kind of special to comprehend indepth software security. He did some good, he did some bad - but you have to pay extra for the bad.

"The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists." -- J. Edgar Hoover

I actually followed him to a extent wondering what his deal was. He had some ideas that where interesting but he also has a track record of darkness where you can not tell if he has a good gauge on things. I did not see a question being asked about him from Litecoinguy,thought this was more a open discussion about the man.

Your most up to date beliefs also include the concept that the world is flat not round. Shows how gullible you are.

None of that info was true, he made some enemies among the corrupt Belize government and they tried to set him up and he escaped. End of story. You can go back to arguing against scientific facts that have been well known for hundreds of years now.

What? Do you yokels all work for the FBI? Who in the world cares if McAfee is flying high all the way to Jupiter? The question is, is his evaluation of the problem right or not?

When government gets its hands into things, they only get worse... at least more expensive. Drop the backdoor thing. Installing it will open up our presently limited privacy to no privacy at all... to the whole world!

yes, you are right .. riches always get away with their illegal stuff.. lawmakers dont care about them.. they are just caring about poor one's crimes. this is so unfair and insane..

He got back to the states, he didn't stand trial in Belize. The US has no extradition treaty.

He claims not to be rich last time I checked,says that people presume that about him. Remember listening to him on Rogans podcast a few years ago and he for sure has done to much drugs.

This guy looks like he's one snort away from an overdose. It's a good thing that he's rich, because a decent rehab facility can be pricey.

The FBI continually said that their position is to bring safety.

McAfee continually said that if the FBI gets their way, every hacker will have the same info as the FBI in a matter of weeks.

McAfee said, let's not create a backdoor. That way there will be no backdoor for every hacker to have in a matter of weeks.

The FBI kept going off on tangents, that if they (FBI) have the backdoor first, somehow that is going to protect the world from terrorists.

The announcer kept on pointing the questions in ways that showed that McAfee is right, without formally taking sides.

Last I heard McAfee was on the run in Belize after killing his neighbor with a shotgun while high on meth over the death of his dogs. Now he's on TV broadcasting from the US on software/computer topics like nothing happened. Did I miss something here?

John McAfee and the FBI Finally Face Off On CNN (CNN Interview)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqI0jbKGaT8&feature=youtu.be