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You have no choice but to accept another McAfee update in your life. John McAfee, the wildly successful eccentric computer programmer and entrepreneur, has been no stranger to controversy. Back in 2012, the now 72-year-old was chased through the jungles of Central America after police wanted to question him about the death of his neighbor. McAfee’s compound would later burn down under suspicious circumstances. The cyber security guru claimed the Belize authorities wanted to kill him, which prompted Belize’s prime minister to call McAfee “extremely paranoid, even bonkers.”
Tack on an arrest for driving under the influence and possession of a firearm while intoxicated, and it’s pretty evident that John McAfee doesn’t operate under the rules of everyone else.
Exhibit #2,829: A tweet McAfee sent out Monday to his 663,000 followers about paying for weed, hookers, and porn with cryptocurrency.
So much hubbub about my admission to paying hookers with Crypto. If you want more reason to hate I will also admit to buying weed and other illegal drugs, porn, and nearly every other questionable priduct or service that you can imagine – all with Crypto when possible. Hate well.
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) January 8, 2018
Well, damnit. I hope McAfee used protection so he doesn’t get a virus.
McAfee conveniently sent the tweet hours after announcing he was taking an advisory role in the ICO (floatation) of SETHER – another cryptocurrency.
It should be noted that 5 years ago, McAfee met his 35-year-old wife, Janice Dyson, after he hired her as a prostitute. McAfee rescued Janice from a violent pimp and years of sex trafficking. A funny little exchange occurred in the chain of his original tweet.
No one’s perfect, John. Is that why you probably maybe killed your neighbor in Belize?