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McAfee Says He Lied About iPhone Hacking Method To Get Public Attention

Posted by timothy on from the the-greater-good dept.

blottsie writes: McAfee, who founded of one of the first companies to offer antivirus software, claimed on CNN and Russia Today, as well as in a Business Insider column, that he could bypass the advanced encryption protecting the phone without Apple's help. But he lied in these interviews, he said in an interview with the Daily Dot, to "get a shitload of public attention."

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  1. Yes by blueshift_1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Obviously. Move along.

    1. Re:Yes by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Translation from McAfeeSpeak:

      "I made it all up to sound big, bad, and awesome... but now with the FBI really interested in doing just that, well..."

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    2. Re:Yes by Misagon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That said. I trust him more than Donald Trump.

      At least McAfee came clean and admitted that he had been lying instead of trying to perpetuate the lie and throwing insults at anyone who questions him.

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      "We mustn't be caught by surprise by our own advancing technology" -- Aldous Huxley
    3. Re:Yes by Darron_Wyke · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Hell. With his lovely little South American adventure, any sort of reputation he had before is gone. Not so much burned gone, but covered in napalm and salted-the-Earth-for-good-measure gone. Anything he does now is just an attention grab.

  2. So, he's a lying asshole... by jcr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can't understand why he's not as popular as Trump, Sanders, or Clinton. He's doing the same things they are!

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  3. Re:McAffee admits he did something to get attentio by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He is trying to get attention by being honest? That's brand new it seems.

    He is being honest about being dishonest!? Is that a redeeming attribute? - confused-

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