He is the founder of one of the largest antivirus software companies in the world, but his involvement in the murder of his neighbor in South America made him famous for another reason besides his aforementioned status. Nevertheless, John McAfee wants to return to the forefront of computer and data protection, through a $ 100 device that will "block" the NSA.
According to a report by TheVerge, McAfee, speaking at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, described exactly how he plans to build the device, which will work with smartphones and other devices, protecting the user's personal data from possible government surveillance. "There will be no way for (the government) to find out who you are or where you are," he said.
The device will be for local use. Although there is no prototype yet, McAfee says it will be ready within six months, and it will be a round, screenless device called D-Central. “We have the designs ready and are looking for partners to develop the hardware,” he said.
Essentially, what D-Central will do is connect to smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other mobile devices to create decentralized networks that government agencies cannot penetrate. In effect, it will create small private “several” networks – small pieces of the “dark web.”.
According to McAfee, this technology has been in development for years, but interest in it has skyrocketed in recent months. It is by no means a system that aims to "replace" the Internet, but it seems to have the potential to adequately protect local networks, where users can communicate and exchange files securely.
The range of the device, according to McAfee, will be about three city blocks. Asked about possible uses of D-Central for criminal purposes, he said that of course that will happen, as it does with the telephone network, adding that if the US government bans it in the US, it will simply seek to sell it "to England, to Japan, to the Third World.".
Source: naftemporiki.gr
