The greatest John McAfee email ever

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http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/18/the-greatest-john-mcafee-email-ever/

By Richard Byrne Reilly
VentureBeat
September 18, 2014

At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas in early August, I waited 
in line with my esteemed colleague Dean Takahashi for 40 minutes in order 
to get our pictures taken with perhaps the most unabashed instigator in 
the history of technology.

John McAfee.

McAfee, of course, is the security software legend who founded McAffee, 
Inc.

For nearly a month I had been reaching out to McAfee in order to score an 
interview about his latest security startup, Brownlist. Brownlist, which 
aims to help the little guy battle big government, was unveiled at Defcon 
to a packed house of nearly 700 people who were hanging on McAfee’s every 
word.

McAfee and I exchanged digits and posed for the picture. And he promised 
to be in touch. But he never emailed. Or called. Weeks passed. I began to 
lose interest.

Meanwhile, McAfee had been on CNN, Bloomberg, and other channels, railing 
about technology and how he would once again change the paradigm.

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