Infosec prophet Bruce Schneier (peace be upon him) is only as famous as half of Salt-N-Pepa

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/11/infosec_isnt_cool_to_normies/

By Gareth Corfield
The Register
11 Sep 2019

Despite billing himself as "the world's most famous hacker", Kevin Mitnick 
isn't the infosec personality your grandma is most interested in learning more 
about.

That honour falls to Robert Herjavec, who is the most searched-for person on 
Google with an infosec connection, according to a list compiled by threat intel 
firm Redscan.

Canadian entrepreneur Herjavec formed the eponymous firm in 2003, building it 
into a multimillion-dollar security integration and reseller business. However, 
he's also a regular feature on the Canadian version of Dragons' Den, meaning 
his telly antics are much more likely to be of interest to the great unwashed 
than his company.

Behind Herjavec in the second most-Googled spot is John "Totally Sane" McAfee, 
last seen moving from tinfoil safe house to tinfoil safe house having been told 
by an American court to pay $25m to the family of his murdered next-door 
neighbour. McAfee denies involvement in Gregory Faull's death, despite having 
fled his Belize home in the immediate aftermath.

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