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John McAfee Announces He Will Run For President of the United States

posted by janrinok on Thursday September 10 2015, @04:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the who-is-next? dept.

John McAfee running for president

bart writes:

Anti-virus software tycoon John McAfee plans to run for President, the developer confirmed on Tuesday. He will run under his own newly created "Cyber Party."

http://time.com/4025991/john-mcafee-running-for-president/?xid=tcoshare

The self-described "eccentric millionaire," known for a strange run-in with authorities in Belize three years ago, said his primary motivation to enter the race was the government's problems with security and surveillance.

"We are losing privacy at an alarming rate — we have none left. We've given up so much for the illusion of security and our government is simply dysfunctional," he said, adding that he plans to release an explainer for his new Cyber Party.

John McAfee is running [for] president

Rashek writes:

McAfee, developer of the first commercial anti-virus program, has said he is going to announce a bid for the White House, and will create the Cyber Party to do so. "I have a huge underground following on the web," he told CNN. The website McAfee2016.com has also popped up.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by q.kontinuum on Thursday September 10 2015, @05:33AM

    by q.kontinuum (532) on Thursday September 10 2015, @05:33AM (#234538) Journal

    Besides the democrat and republican candidates, he might be the only one with a realistic chance to win! Does anyone know
    how the voting machines [xkcd.com] are secured nowadays?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 10 2015, @06:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 10 2015, @06:46AM (#234558)

    Wow. Even the brand-name matches.