Explore Quotes by John Mcafee

In this age of communications that span both distance and time, the only tool we have that approximates a 'whisper' is encryption. When I cannot whisper in my wife's ear or the ears of my business partners, and have to communicate electronically, then encryption is our tool to keep our secrets secret.

Private communication systems have been around since the beginning of human culture.

There are always losers when society evolves. In the free market, these losers are expected and encouraged to retrain and find new ways to survive and thrive.

When a hacker gains access to any corporate data, the value of that data depends on which server, or sometimes a single person's computer, that the hacker gains access to.

I know many people within Anonymous; I was the keynote speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas and got a standing ovation.

I had disagreements with all my neighbors about my dogs. I had a disagreement with myself about my dogs. They were noisy.

The government can spy on people using their mobile phones while they're with their wives and husbands.

I don't need friends.

I trust and use RakEM for my private messages and calls. Other messengers collected metadata about who I messaged, when and where - RakEM does not collect metadata, encrypts local files, and uses the strongest end-to-end encryption around.

Belize is not ready for self-government.

My relationship has never been good with the government.

When you're standing in line at the airport, and your shoes are off, your belt is off, and your personal belongings are being closely scrutinized, and you're standing with your hands in the air, waiting to be patted down, do you feel protected? I don't. I feel like I'm the enemy.

There is no hope for my life if I am ever returned to Belize.

I am not in any way a conspiracy theorist and have no time for such nonsense.

Corporate competition is fierce, viewed by many as economic warfare where all is fair. But politics... now, this is something unique.

My well-discussed 'paranoia' urges me to believe that some tiny segment of the NSA's parsing algorithm is finely tuned to my voice.

The beauty of knowing yourself is nobody else has to.

A simple social engineering hack might involve leaving a thumb drive on the pavement close to the driver's door of a car.

Dwight Eisenhower warned American citizens at the end of his presidency about the implications of the military-industrial complex and its influence over government. We have now gone well beyond any of the wildest imaginations that could have entered Eisenhower's mind.

Liability is being assessed against companies who inadvertently have shipped a virus to another company. Rather than risk the incredibly bad PR, these companies fork over.

I had more money than I could spend in million lifetimes.