John McAfee launches complaint website at hacker confrence

During the course of a surprise appearance at the Def Con computer hackers' conference on Friday, anti-virus software industry's flamboyant pioneer John McAfee unveiled a complaint website. The new website unveiled by McAfee is called BrownList (www. brownlist. com/), which will give people an online platform to express their anger.

"This taps into anger in a positive way," he said in a brief interview before taking the stage at Def Con, the world's largest conference of computer hackers. "Instead of getting angry and shooting at somebody on the highway, or yelling at your wife, you can log onto the site."

BrownList offers a forum for people to file specific complaints and for users to propose solutions to problems. Suggestions are voted on by site members who decide what sorts of response might be best.

"Instead of just lashing out, give us your positive solutions," he told an audience of hundreds of hackers taking part in a three-day conference. He said he is looking for more investors in the site, which he has started up with $450,000 from a private investor who he declined to name.

According to McAfee's blog post, he gave away 75 hacked netbooks to Belize authorities in an attempt to uncover government corruption. The "gifts" were loaded with keyloggers and hacking software that could turn on the laptops camera unnoticed.

McAfee then hired 23 female and six male "operatives" to engage with said authorities and report their findings back to him. Among other things, the hired hands would plant voice recorders around the authorities' homes and offices.