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Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee dies by suicide in prison: report
NYPost ^ | 06 23 2021 | Ben Feuerherd

Posted on 06/23/2021 12:45:04 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Antivirus software tycoon John McAfee died by an apparent suicide in a Spanish jail cell Wednesday evening — hours after reports surfaced that he would be extradited to face federal charges in the US, according to local media.

The eccentric tech entrepreneur was arrested in October and was awaiting extradition when he was found dead, police sources told the newspaper El Pais.

The newspaper reported McAfee was pulled from his cell in Barcelona and police are investigating the circumstances around his death.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Spanish High Court had agreed to extradite McAfee, who has been charged with a number of federal financial crimes in two districts in the United States.

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To: yesthatjallen

RIP, John McAfee.

I used his anti-virus program for many years.


41 posted on 06/23/2021 1:54:59 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: jacquej
"Was he on the spectrum? (Aspbergers?)"

Somewhere. A guy that smart, yet consistently a victim of the last person he talked to. Too many hobgoblins.

42 posted on 06/23/2021 2:00:27 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress.)
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To: discostu

Listen carefully Antivirus came later based on his PC utilities.


43 posted on 06/23/2021 2:26:42 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wikipedia says the following: “When McAfee was 15, his father, an abusive alcoholic, committed suicide by gunshot.”

McAfee’s father was an American serviceman and his mother was British.


44 posted on 06/23/2021 2:51:29 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Listen carefully antivirus came BEFORE viruses were an issue. He sold BASELESS FEAR.


45 posted on 06/23/2021 2:57:37 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: yesthatjallen
McAfee Tweeted many times he would never suicide himself.  He said the day you hear that, then you know he was murdered.

 

Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: "We're coming for you McAfee! We're going to kill yourself". I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn't. I was whackd. Check my right arm.

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https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1200864283766251521

46 posted on 06/23/2021 3:44:34 PM PDT by Enlightened1 ( )
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To: discostu

Merely your opinion.


47 posted on 06/23/2021 3:48:00 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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48 posted on 06/23/2021 3:58:21 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

No. Not an opinion at all. When they first started taking out full page ads about the “dangers” of viruses the vast majorities of PCs never talked to another computer. There was NO virus danger. They sold baseless fear. That is an indisputable fact.


49 posted on 06/24/2021 7:20:45 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: yesthatjallen
McAfee specifically and pointedly said he would NOT be committing suicide.

At this point, the Deep State is simply showing off.

50 posted on 06/24/2021 9:12:58 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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