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trampis
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Gadget that blocks the NSA
#18911716 - 09/30/13 03:13 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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(I know this story isn't directly drug related, but for obvious reasons I believe it will suit this forum. My apologies if you disagree. . .)
John McAfee wants to sell you a $100 gadget that blocks the NSA
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Part-time fugitive and antivirus software founder John McAfee has a new invention he's working on. After spending some of his time filming a drug-fueled video tutorial to uninstall the antivirus program he helped create, McAfee now believes he can outsmart the NSA. Speaking at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on Saturday, McAfee unveiled his grand plan to create a "D-Central" gadget that communicates with smartphones, tablets, and laptops to create decentralized networks that can't be accessed by government agencies.
The gadget might sound like something straight out of a Bond movie, but McAfee wants to build it and sell it for less than $100. "There will be no way [for the government] to tell who you are or where you are," McAfee says. Effectively, it works by creating small private networks that act as a dark web that's inaccessible to others. McAfee says he has been planning the technology for a few years, but work on the project has intensified "rapidly" over the past few months. It's not designed to replace the internet; instead it provides a localized dynamic network where users can communicate in private and share files. It will provide a private and public mode, and McAfee says he's planning to use public nodes too.
"McAfee will sell D-Central even if it gets banned in the US"
McAfee explains the device is localized and has a range of around three blocks. Everyone in those three blocks can then communicate with each other and that will obviously change as users move in and out of a local area. McAfee says he's around six months away from a prototype device, and the current one is a round shape with no screens. "We have the design in place, we're looking for partners for development of the hardware," he explains, noting there may be three or four varieties of final hardware. The whole project may never make it to retail shelves though, especially if concerns over its use result in a ban. McAfee answered questions over its criminal use by comparing D-Central to the telephone network. "Of course it will be used for nefarious purposes, just like the telephone is used for nefarious purposes." If the device gets banned in the US, McAfee says he'll simply "sell it in England, Japan, the Third World."
While McAfee claims he has developed unique encryption that "the NSA won't get into it," the main use for such a gadget might be at college campuses across the US. Napster rose to fame in the '90s when it used peer-to-peer technology to make sharing MP3s quick and easy. McAfee's gadget could be used widely to share files at colleges, making it difficult for authorities to police. "I cannot imagine any college student not standing in line to buy one of these," he claims. While the NSA claims are bold, McAfee is only outlining its use at a high level right now. A clock is ticking on his D-Central website, and we should learn more about the technology in 174 days. Until then, keep your tinfoil hat firmly in place.
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: trampis]
#18911939 - 09/30/13 04:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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fuck yeah! i'd buy it
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: psyconaught]
#18911950 - 09/30/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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saw this earlier, intrigued by it, but a 3 block range is all?
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: B_BOY]
#18911994 - 09/30/13 04:30 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Does sound sort of cool, il be watching this lil gadget!
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: trampis]
#18912050 - 09/30/13 04:48 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I call bullshit. If you can communicate (wirelessly) with others, no matter how small the area, that region is subject to monitoring and interception.
The device sounds no more useful than a pair of cans with a string attached, which, if you want, I will sell you for $100 and guarantee it is NSA proof.
And if it proves to NOT be NSA proof, what is your recourse??? McAfee gonna come bail you out of your trouble? Ha! His "device" is nothing but a marketing ploy for the gullible.
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: Nature Boy]
#18912076 - 09/30/13 04:54 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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good job McAfee, finally doing something useful! hahaha
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: Nature Boy]
#18912088 - 09/30/13 04:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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sounds like tor
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: Nature Boy] 2
#18912141 - 09/30/13 05:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nature Boy said: I call bullshit. If you can communicate (wirelessly) with others, no matter how small the area, that region is subject to monitoring and interception.
The device sounds no more useful than a pair of cans with a string attached, which, if you want, I will sell you for $100 and guarantee it is NSA proof.
And if it proves to NOT be NSA proof, what is your recourse??? McAfee gonna come bail you out of your trouble? Ha! His "device" is nothing but a marketing ploy for the gullible.
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you have absolutely no working knowledge of the device yet call if a marketing ploy? Of course its open to monitoring and inception. The same can be said of the tor network. However what this device (presumably) does is make the network traffic untraceable within that wireless network.
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: psyconaught] 1
#18912281 - 09/30/13 05:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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It sounds to me like it's just creating a wireless access point, and he's claiming some new encryption for it. Sure, that may be, but I currently don't see how this is any more convenient than just setting up a router at your house and only giving friends the key. As long as you keep that router from facing the internet, you'd be pretty "untraceable".
Obviously we're all just speculating until there's more info, but currently it just doesn't sound that useful.
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: illuminati]
#18912561 - 09/30/13 06:44 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Is this not the same service that introed viruses to sell anti-virus software?
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EastBayRay

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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: Rockhound]
#18912909 - 09/30/13 07:56 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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If this isn't bullshit Mcafee just made himself the most wanted 'terrorist' in the world. Let the smear campaign and assassination of his character begin. How long before he 'gets cancer', disappears, or is murdered?
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Fungi
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: EastBayRay]
#18914046 - 10/01/13 12:23 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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A must device for all
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: Fungi]
#18916391 - 10/01/13 02:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Uh... wasnt this guy charged with murder in Belize???
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Re: Gadget that blocks the NSA [Re: 2859558484]
#18916743 - 10/01/13 03:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yup. One in the same. He was charged with suspicion of murder, IIRC. There were evidentiary issues according to the news I had read at the time...but it was a while ago, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt.
Truth be told, I'm not interested enough in his activities (criminal or otherwise) to refresh my recollection. I'm sure Google will provide you with a wealth of information.
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