I had more money than I could spend in million lifetimes.
I would describe myself as quite sane and lucid, which is why I'm still alive.
I would like to point to the extraordinary lengths the mainstream media will go to maintain a sensationalist story.
The government can spy on people using their mobile phones while they're with their wives and husbands.
Our mobile phones have become the greatest spy on the planet.
I know many people within Anonymous; I was the keynote speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas and got a standing ovation.
I think that the world has largely ignored Belize and the political situation and the plight of its people because it's one of the smallest countries and, in terms of the world economy, one of the least significant.
You'll see a movie about someone you hate or someone you love. Will you see a movie about grandma making apple pies? No, you won't. Only if grandma has poisoned the neighbor or is suspected of poisoning the neighbor through her apple pies.
Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace.
We as Americans have ripped off the world. We get to throw food away. It's insane.
I've been called 'paranoid,' 'schizophrenic,' 'the wild child of Silicon Valley.'
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.
Belize is not ready for self-government.
My fragile connection with the world of polite society has, without a doubt, been severed.
I am looking at opening a school of social engineering. The McAfee School of Social Engineering has a nice ring to it. Beyond that, it is hard to say what life will bring my way.
I was one of the first practitioners of social engineering as a hacking technique, and today it is my only tool of use, aside from a smartphone - in a purely white hat sort of way. But if you don't trust me, then ask any reasonably competent social engineer.
There's not a single flashlight app that's not spying on you right now.
Really, what the government is asking Apple to do is to make every individual who uses an iPhone susceptible to hacking by bad people, foreign governments, and anyone who wants.
As the economy goes south, petty theft begins. And then grand theft. And then muggings.
I am not in any way a conspiracy theorist and have no time for such nonsense.
