JOHN MCAFEE: This is why the US is losing the ‘cyber war’ to China and Russia

The famously eccentric anti-virus software tycoon John McAfee stopped by Business Insider to talk about a wide range of topics. McAfee, who had been running for president as a Libertarian before he lost the party's nomination on Sunday, said that the biggest security threat facing the US is its vulnerability to cyber-crime.

McAfee, who was recently named CEO of MGT Technologies, says the reason China and Russia have such a substantial advantage over the US when it comes to cyber security can be traced to one thing: the type of people those governments are willing to hire.

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[colinwatson]

If he says shit like this I understand his death now wow wtf.

[oJoJo]

US is winning where it matters, video games. Kids spend most of their time there diving into an immersive story or getting bullied online.

[chandrasingh]

The smartest cybersecurity expert in the World

[musatoci]

thank god there are still wise people who know this and that he is among us right now

[yamtahira]

Snowden reveals he didn't suicide but yes he killed by elites

[darthvader]

Televisions? We still manufactured the good old fashioned non-high tech CRT televisions full of different analog controls and uses an analog archival VCR double decker analog recording and playing machine and both are equipped with an analog remote control full of different kinds of analog controls. Our rule of thumb is this: If we are going to use and incorporate anything that uses electricity and optical fibers then make sure that all electrical systems and electronic systems are 100% ANALOG AND NOT DIGITAL. OPTICAL FIBERS ARE ONLY TO BE USED FOR NON-ELECTRONIC PURPOSES LIKE IN THE MAKING OF 100 PURE ALL ANALOG OPTICAL DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTS AND MONITORS AND SURVEILLANCE. We still manufacture and use the incandescent light bulb and we use an all analog ceramic or all glass semiconductor using rectifers to convert A.C to D.C and the same rule of thumb goes for inverters. As always, we use shielded non-internet connected intranet computers to design and create a non-high tech analog-based technologies for everyday use with a lot of safety designs and ergonomics applied on them. SO UP YOURS NSA!

[thevitruvianman]

Hahaha the us government always try to catch this guy

[PkMath-ev]

WTF?!?. How?!? Dont americans own almost all tech companies. E.g. facebook, google etc

[balance]

I poop my pants from this speech. Have you used any Russian or Chinese software? No. Because all these specialists work for USA and EU.