John McAfee cuffed by Tennessee cops, faces drink-driving, gun rap
Pic Paranoid wild man of infosec John McAfee was arrested in the US state of Tennessee over the weekend – and charged with driving under the influence, and possession of a handgun while intoxicated, it is reported.
The charismatic ex-boss of security software biz McAfee can be seen grinning for his police mugshot. Neither the Tennessee Highway Patrol nor McAfee’s people could not be reached for further comment by the time of publication.
TV news channel WBBJ reported on Tuesday evening that McAfee, a West Tennessee resident, was picked up on Highway 22. Henderson County Sheriff Brian Duke confirmed to the Jackson Sun that the software guru was arrested on Sunday night.
It is not known if the DUI rap relates to drugs or booze, or some combination of the two. The exact weapon he was allegedly carrying while sloshed is a mystery, too, at this stage.
LOL … McAfee’s mugshot
The eccentric computer security bloke has made light of his apparent affinity with mind-altering substances and America’s Second Amendment, most infamously in this video (NSFW).
More recently McAfee has commented on more weighty issues, such as throwing his support behind NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, calling him a “hero,” and demanding more privacy for citizens.
In June he criticized politicians who have demanded backdoors in software and watered-down encryption. “We cannot allow a fearful government to create weaknesses in the very software we are trying to protect,” McAfee said. “By putting backdoors in the software, we have given hackers the access we are trying to prevent.”
We leave you with this (sweary) video message from McAfee. ®
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Article source: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/05/tennessee_cops_stops_john_mcafee_for_dui_guntoting_gaffe/