goretsky

Hello Mr. Kaspersky,

I have three questions for you:

1. Do you think it is still possible to secure embedded systems (aka the Internet of Things), or is that an impossibility now, practically speaking?

2. If there was one thing you could every average computer user to do to improve their security, what would it be?

3. If you were a person of interest in the murder of your neighbor in a tiny Central American country, what would your strategy be for clearing your name? (asking for a friend)

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I look forward to your answers.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions!

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Hello,

I had first met Mr. McAfee in the late 1980s while I was still in high school, after being a caller on a BBS that he acquired from the original owner.

At that time, he was still working as an engineer for LMCO, and while he said outrageous things even back then, a lot of it was tongue-in-cheek type humor obviously mean to be facetious.

He kept things together pretty well through his entire time at McAfee Associates and through Tribal Voice, a span of about 11 or so years in which we were pretty much constant contact. After 2001, the contacts became fewer and fewer over time, and the reporting turned from being more about his companies to being more about him, and became more extreme and exaggerated. He then largely faded out of media coverage except for some coverage about his ultralight flying until events in Belize brought him back into the limelight.

That said, you have to understand that Mr. McAfee is incredibly smart, and tends to react quickly and goes about creating on almost on an instinctual level of knowing what to say to get the kind of exposure he is looking for.

I remember him spending a lot of time and thinking very hard about what exactly to say in things like press releases and statements, in order to convey his message.

This is very similar to what celebrities and politicians do, but as with those, it often becomes an oscillating effect of "what can I do to top this" which becomes more and more outrageous with each new addition to the mythos.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Hello,

A few questions:

1. Are you the founder (or a founder) of Atlantis?

2. How did you get started in this business?

3. What are the five most common items sold?

4. What is the largest (most expensive) sale?

5. What are the most common mistakes new vendors make?

6. What are the most common mistakes new buyers make?

7. What is the strangest item you've had to prohibit the sale of?

8. What has been the most difficult part of running Atlantis for you?

9. What has been the easiest part?

10. Do you have an "exit strategy" or plan for when you'll leave the business?

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Hello The_Joe_Flow,

I'm glad to be of assistance.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky