Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has announced that the McAfee brand name will be phased out in favor of a new name, Intel Security. John McAfee said of news: "My elation at Intel’s decision is beyond words."
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I don’t even know what this is. It’s not as batshit insane as McAfee’s guide to uninstalling McAfee Antivirus
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Welcome to the wild world of security and surveillance. From CCTV to massive government spying initiatives, there’s no escaping it. Recent high-profile leaks have served as a sobering reminder of just how present it is in all of our lives, so we figured what better time to take a deep dive? We kick things off with one of the strangest (and raciest) segments in Engadget Show history: a visit to the set of John McAfee’s latest web video. The one-time security software guru and fugitive discusses the state of antivirus, bath salts and offers some unsolicited advice to Edward Snowden, one exile to another. Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation sits down for an animated discussion of recent NSA surveillance revelations, including a breakdown of which major tech companies are doing right by their user base.
Boing Boing editor, sci-fi author and privacy activist Cory Doctorow climbs a tree in San Diego to discuss Wikileaks, the NSA, the “surveillance state” and more. “Edward Snowden is a hero,” he begins, not speaking on behalf of the EFF, mind you — and things get really good from there. Cryptographer and computer security specialist Bruce Schneier also chimes in on wiretapping, whistleblowing and “security theater.”
Next up, we pay a visit to The New Yorker‘s midtown office to talk Strong Box, the magazine’s secure deposit box for anonymous whistleblowers. The team behind Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs joins us to discuss partnering with computer security company Kaspersky to bring a realistic portrait of the world of hacking to its much anticipated title. And one-time hacker turned head of security community outreach at Microsoft, Katie Moussouris, discusses Redmond’s Bluehat bounty program and working with the hacking community to build safer software.
All that, plus the usual prognosticating from resident philosopher John Roderick in this month’s Engadget Show, just after the break.
Filed under: Cameras, Gaming, Wireless, Internet, Software, Microsoft
John McAfee is one weird guy, and this video only serves to bolster that reputation. Uploaded to YouTube last night, it’s a hilarious—and entirely NSFW—video which sees the man himself teach you how to uninstall McAfee Antivirus.
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John McAfee is one weird guy, and this video only serves to bolster that reputation. Uploaded to YouTube last night, it’s a hilarious—and entirely NSFW—video which sees the man himself teach you how to uninstall McAfee Antivirus.
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Back from Belize, crazy-man extraordinaire John McAfee has settled down in Portland for the time being. And, of course, he’s still giving some characteristically insane interviews. Before he’s asserted that if he’s going to do drugs, they’re going to be good ones. Now, in an interview with Willamette Week, he’s extolling the virtues of sex with “ugly women.” In a conversation about money, no less. More »
Of course it’s Portland. The weirdest story in tech in 2012 has resurfaced in the Northwest. McAfee’s going to be spending the next 18 months in the city, and we’re trying to figure out what, exactly his next move is. More »
Things aren’t going well for John McAfee right now. He’s been hospitalized with an unconfirmed condition, and his request for asylum was turned down by Guatemala. But let’s take a moment to look back at the bizarre path we took to get here through the bizarre-is-what-we-do lens of the NMA, the Taiwanese animation studio. More »
Reports are coming in that John McAfee has been taken to the hospital after suffering what his lawyer called “convulsions.” There are conflicting reports about what the specific medical condition is, but we’ll keep you updated as it develops. More »
The John McAfee circus came to a head last night when McAfee was finally arrested in Guatemala. Except uh, now he’s blogging from a computer the Guatemalan police gave him in his jail cell. More »
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