John McAfee Unveils Plans For 'The World's First Truly Private Smartphone'

Nearly half of US adult smartphone owners fall victim to cyber thieves each year – but the notorious founder of the world’s largest security technology firm believes he has a solution.

John McAfee has unveiled plans to develop what he calls ‘the world’s first truly private smartphone’, which is said to be ‘hack-proof’.

Boasting a $1,100 price tag, the ‘John McAfee Privacy Phone’ will be equipped with switches that enable users to manually disconnect certain components such as the antennas for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and geolocation.

McAfee plans to release the phone later this year through MGT, reported Anthony Cuthbertson with Newsweek, who conducted an exclusive interview with the computer expert and businessman.

‘The smartphone contains a bank of switches on the back cover that allows the user to physically disconnect the battery, the antennas for WiFi, Bluetooth and geolocation, the camera and the microphone,’ McAfee said during an interview with Newsweek.

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‘It also will not allow the phone to connect to a Stingray or any other IMSI-catcher device. In addition, it contains a web search anonymizer.’

MGT shared a press release last month, revealing it had signed a letter of intent with Nordic IT Sourcing Association to design, test and assemble a state of the art cell phone with privacy features that stay one step ahead of hackers and eavesdroppers.

‘We are honored to be working with cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee and his team. MGT’s innovative ideas should result in a unique offering in mobile communications, said Alexander Reay, president of Nordic IT.

‘We have been heavily involved in the research of security and privacy issues, both in the Nordics and with our partners worldwide.’

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