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He continued: “Your fucking smartphone is the surveillance device preferred by every government on the fucking planet.”

“Encryption was designed 35 years ago to prevent a man-in-the-middle attack, meaning someone between your transmission and receipt,” McAfee said. The tirade was ostensibly posted by McAfee in response to criticism of his use of Gmail as an email system – an approach he defended in robust terms. McAfee argued that the privacy promised by encrypted email and instant messaging systems like ProtonMail and Signal are illusory because governments are easily able to hack smartphone and other endpoint devices. In an entertaining two-minute video, posted on Twitter, the antivirus pioneer channeled the passion of prematch WWE wrestlers in dismissing encryption as useless. Antivirus pioneer posts two-minute rant explaining that ‘encryption is a worthless piece of shit technology’ĬOMMENT John McAfee – infosec’s favorite wild uncle – took a break from his global travels and various run-ins with law enforcement last weekend to post a rant against encryption.