http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/04/mad_mcafee/
By Alexander J Martin
The Register
4 June 2015
Infosec 2015 - John McAfee delivered a surprisingly non-controversial
keynote speech to the London Infosec Conference on Wednesday afternoon,
lauding the value of privacy, doing so – to the concern of his bewildered
audience – whilst seemingly tickling himself through the cloth of his
pocket.
McAfee's talk was essentially a rant against governments'
security-compromising activities, summed up by his statement: "We cannot
allow a fearful government to create weaknesses in the very software we
are trying to protect. By putting backdoors in the software, we have given
hackers the access we are trying to prevent."
Easily the rockstar of infosec, McAfee took to the stage fashionably late
– though his audience had remained comfortable, being plied with free
alcohol, free food and an enjoyable musical set (wasted on Infosec's more
senior attendees) during their wait.
The man himself, a young 70-year-old in a handsome navy suit, looking and
seeming much like a millionaire version of Matthew McConaughey's Rust
Cohle, was quick to address what he regarded as the major political
influences upon security and explicitly criticised governments' notions of
backdooring software. A strong approach to a conference which has always
had plenty of government security bods attending.
"Take control of your lives," McAfee urged Infosec. "Say 'I am going to be
responsible for myself, at least to some extent.' Governments cannot
protect you."
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