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Plagued by Lawsuits, McAfee Founder Hunts for Cures in Belize (fastcompany.com)
10 points by bootload on April 30, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


From the article:

"... In hacker culture, screwing with people's heads to get what you want is called 'social engineering.' ..."

From the teaser:

"... Only later would I realize just how truly Kurtz-like the mission had already become. On that day, what had started out as a sympathetic profile for Fast Company would slowly evolve into something more like a take-down, as I realized that McAfee’s position in Belize was much more compromised than I had imagined. Finally I understood why he had kept asking--playfully, I had thought--whether my story was going to be an expose. ..." ~ http://www.fastcompany.com/article/following-john-mcafee-int...


This 'print' link currently seems to be missing much of the text in the 'regular' multi-page version (also linked at top): http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/145/fantasy-island.html

By the way, in that page there's also a first comment signed 'John McAfee'.


"... This 'print' link currently seems to be missing much of the text in the 'regular' multi-page version ..."

Thanks for pointing this out. I just go for the printed pages to reduce the adverts & images.




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