The production recounts the years in which the creator of the first antivirus lived as a fugitive from justice in Belize, legitimized to suspect murder
This Wednesday (24), the Netflix previews the documentary John McAfee: genius, controversial and fugitive, which traces part of the life of one of the most controversial figures in the world of technology. The production focuses on the years spent in Belize by the entrepreneur and creator of the world’s first antivirus, a fugitive from justice and suspected of being involved in a murder.
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Directed by Charlie Russell (Terry Pratchett: Choosing to die), the documentary promises unprecedented interviews and scenes with people who have lived together McAfee in this period. Also, the idea is to show direct pictures of what happened to the big shot, as well as answer an old question about whether he went crazy between drug use, eccentricity and paranoia.
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Away from the still-functioning security solution provider under his last name, John McAfee moved to Belize in 2008 after the economic crisis that year eroded his $ 100 million fortune at the time to just $ 4 million. Between disastrous investments and unbridled expenses, he opens a company in the country that promised to create a revolutionary antibiotic, while reality took on more sinister contours.
in the center of John McAfee: genius, controversial and fugitive it must be the murder of Gregory Faull, a former US Navy SEAL who moved to Belize a year after the businessman. He found himself in conflict with the creator of the antivirus, who even accused him of poisoning his dogs, until he was found shot dead in his own home.
McAfee was soon named as a suspect, but he escaped the police claiming that the Belizean authorities were preparing him to be captured and then also killed. He was hidden for hours, buried in the sand and with only his head hidden by a cardboard box, while the police carried out a search of his residence.
McAfee’s involvement in Faull’s death has never been confirmed. Even so, it was a reason the programmer fled the country, having been arrested in 2012 for illegally entering Guatemala and then spending the following years as a nomad, even living on a boat in international waters to avoid extradition. in Guatemala. the USA, where he should answer for the crime of tax evasion.
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In the quest to try to answer questions about the entrepreneur, the documentary must also explore its origins. Already in the trailer we see scenes from his past, while McAfee was still a developer of digital security software; this, of course, appears shrouded in conspiracies, with mentions that it was a living archive.
Between contact with one of the first computer viruses, which led him to develop the world’s first commercial security solution, and a US presidential nomination, John McAfee is best remembered for antivirus software that still exists today and is among i leading companies in the information security sector.
However, he is no longer part of the company he founded since 1994, the year in which he sold his stake. Subsequently, McAfee Associates would cease to exist following an acquisition of $ 7.6 billion by Intel and would return to the scene years later when the merger was dissolved and the company returned to operate independently.
Meanwhile, out of the game, John McAfee has criticized how the antivirus works and even launched an online campaign teaching people to uninstall the software. According to him, the products were intentionally heavy and harmed the functioning of the computer as a way to force users and organizations to perform unnecessary updates on their computers.
He also ran one of the first instant messaging apps, PowWow, before returning to the cybersecurity industry with investments in firewall companies, apps that revealed permissions on Android smartphones, and a physical token that promised to do away with conventional passwords. . Not to mention, of course, the aforementioned QuorumEx, a pharmaceutical company that has officially developed a natural antibiotic, but which has even been identified as a cover for the production of methamphetamines by the government of Belize.
What to expect from John McAfee: genius, controversial and fugitive
The trailer seems to clarify the scope of the new documentary, with never-before-seen footage of the programmer’s time in Belize and never-before-seen footage of his eccentricities. The feature film must have comments from himself, at the time, and also from the people around him, as a way to portray a somewhat controversial moment.
With that, the production could end up leaving aside the last mystery of John McAfee’s life, his own death. After being arrested in Spain, was found lifeless in a cell in the Barcelona city prison in June 2021, just hours after his extradition to the United States was approved by the country’s justice. The widow, Janice McAfee, adds to the chorus that it was a mastered file.
John McAfee: genius, controversial and fugitive will debut on August 24 in the following Brazilian time zones:
- 4:00 (Brasilia)
- 5h FNT (Fernando de Noronha)
- 3h AMT (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul)
- 2h ACT (Rio Branco)
Despite being a widely recognized figure in the tech landscape, the programmer doesn’t have as many audiovisual products on his history. The Netflix original production comes to the fore on a popular streaming platform, while previously the most recent material available was the documentary. Gringo: The dangerous life of John McAfeelaunched in 2016 by the American channel Showtime and not available in Brazil.
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