1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,380 Well, meet John McAfee, the founder of the very famous McAfee antivirus software. 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,800 McAfee has come out with what he calls the privacy phone. 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,700 My question is, not only will the phone sell and be successful, 4 00:00:15,180 --> 00:00:20,660 but will McAfee's checkered reputation actually help or hinder its sales? 5 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:29,880 Now, before we get too far, we should remember that in most justice systems, 6 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,360 people who are charged with crimes are innocent until proven guilty. 7 00:00:34,020 --> 00:00:39,400 John McAfee has been accused of some very serious crimes by the Belizean police. 8 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:45,340 He lived in Belize for a number of years, and instead of standing against those accusations in court, 9 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:48,240 he chose to flee Belize and came back to the U.S. 10 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:54,640 Doesn't look good on him, say what you will about the Belizean justice system, I don't know. 11 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:58,380 But if you don't know who John McAfee is, here's a quick rundown. 12 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:02,460 McAfee is best known for founding McAfee Associates in 1987, 13 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:07,760 which released the first commercial computer antivirus software, also called McAfee. 14 00:01:08,180 --> 00:01:10,140 He left the company he founded in 1994, 15 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:15,160 and since then he has put money into a number of other tech ventures, as well as other investments. 16 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,460 He also lived in the country of Belize for several years, 17 00:01:18,460 --> 00:01:24,780 and in 2012, he came into the spotlight again when Belizean police department started searching for him as, 18 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:25,060 quote, 19 00:01:25,060 --> 00:01:30,340 a person of interest in the murder of one of his neighbors, Gregory Viant Fall. 20 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:36,100 McAfee decided to flee the country instead and ended up back in the U.S., where he still lives today. 21 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:41,480 In 2016, a documentary on Showtime Cable portrayed McAfee as a wild and crazy person. 22 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,920 It alleged that he was involved in not one, but two murders, 23 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:48,700 and that he engaged in rape, drug use, and more criminal activities. 24 00:01:49,260 --> 00:01:53,120 McAfee denied the portrayal of himself and said that he was going to sue the filmmakers. 25 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:57,680 It's safe to say, however, that McAfee is not your normal button-down tech geek, 26 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,180 no matter which version of the man you believe is real. 27 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:03,840 Now let's talk about his privacy phone. 28 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:09,100 Earlier last week, he posted an image of what he called the first prototype of the privacy phone 29 00:02:09,100 --> 00:02:13,860 on his Twitter account, and it clearly shows that it's running some version of Android. 30 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:18,160 Now you must be thinking, what would make this so-called privacy phone any more successful 31 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,680 than other devices that have tried to target the same market? 32 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:22,500 Remember the black phone? 33 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,360 Yeah, that never took off in terms of sales. 34 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,600 Here's what McAfee said to that. 35 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:31,180 Well, in a chat with Newsweek, McAfee says that it's all about the hardware. 36 00:02:31,180 --> 00:02:35,440 Specifically, he claims that owners will be able to remove not just the battery, 37 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:39,300 but also the phone's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and geolocation hardware, 38 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:41,460 along with its camera and microphone. 39 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:46,640 He adds that the privacy phone will be protected from IMSI catcher devices 40 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:50,640 that are designed to intercept mobile phone traffic and location data. 41 00:02:51,140 --> 00:02:55,320 Finally, the web browser in the privacy phone is supposed to include an anonymizer, 42 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,580 so when you search on your browser, you won't get hit by ads. 43 00:02:58,860 --> 00:03:00,300 Okay, interesting. 44 00:03:01,020 --> 00:03:03,540 Quite a bit different than anything we've heard about in the past, 45 00:03:03,740 --> 00:03:07,560 but my question is, why name it the privacy phone? 46 00:03:08,060 --> 00:03:10,540 That's like putting a massive target on your forehead. 47 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,320 There are armies upon armies of hackers out there 48 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,680 who would love to take a crack at the phone, 49 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:20,880 and it's just inviting a dangerous meme, right? 50 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,760 And hackers don't even need to actually really have a serious breach on the phone. 51 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,900 They just need to crack it a little bit so they can say, 52 00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:30,320 yeah, they hacked the privacy phone, 53 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:32,660 and then it becomes a joke of the tech industry. 54 00:03:33,060 --> 00:03:36,300 Better to say that it is the phone for business users, 55 00:03:36,700 --> 00:03:41,180 because business users just want something that is more secure than the average device. 56 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,260 They accept that it's the price of doing business that they may get hacked, 57 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:48,860 but there's a lot more emphasis on security on that device. 58 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,780 There's a lot more effective marketing there, 59 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,300 and you're not setting yourself up to become a meme. 60 00:03:55,940 --> 00:03:59,680 Now, McAfee is holding off revealing specific hardware specs of the privacy phone 61 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,540 until the week before it's launched. 62 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:03,980 That is supposed to happen sometime later this year. 63 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:08,940 The phone will be priced at a hefty $1,100 when it is released. 64 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,100 McAfee claims that it's mostly targeting enterprise users, 65 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:17,500 but he believes it will also attract buyers who simply want a more secure mobile phone experience. 66 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,320 He seems very confident that it will be a success. 67 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:24,840 So much so that he says that the second version of the phone is already planned for summer of 2018, 68 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,200 which McAfee claims, quote, 69 00:04:27,540 --> 00:04:29,940 will be as hack-proof as humanly possible. 70 00:04:30,260 --> 00:04:33,080 Reminds me of someone else who likes to overstate things. 71 00:04:33,420 --> 00:04:35,380 And he referred to my hands. 72 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,980 If they're small, something else must be small. 73 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,540 I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee. 74 00:04:40,540 --> 00:04:42,960 Now, I was just asked this question yesterday. 75 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:45,800 What's the most secure Android phone? 76 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,620 And if you're a tech-savvy person and you have the time, 77 00:04:50,020 --> 00:04:53,520 there are a number of ways to secure your Android phone on your own. 78 00:04:53,740 --> 00:04:56,360 If you want to root your phone, there's a whole bunch of resources out there. 79 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:59,880 You can go to XTA Developers, and they have a number of different options. 80 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:04,540 If you're willing to take the time to have granular control over your device, 81 00:05:04,660 --> 00:05:05,660 you can do that. 82 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:07,040 But it's time-consuming. 83 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:11,100 And it's definitely not user-friendly for the average Android user out there. 84 00:05:11,420 --> 00:05:16,860 So there is a market for a more business, secure, focused phone out there. 85 00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:24,020 But even if you don't mind McAfee's checkered pass and you want to consider this phone, 86 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,140 are you willing to pay $1,100 US for it? 87 00:05:28,420 --> 00:05:28,900 Maybe. 88 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,180 Maybe some enterprise users, but not from this guy. 89 00:05:32,780 --> 00:05:33,400 What do you think? 90 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,860 Let me know in the comments below or right there on Twitterverse. 91 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:41,880 Meet Jeremy Shoemaker, otherwise known as Shoe Money. 92 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,360 And he became famous for this photo, 93 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,180 where he showed off a check that he made from Google AdSense. 94 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,200 And he's become so good at making online businesses 95 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,720 that he made an announcement that he does not start a new business 96 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,620 unless he can secure the business's name in a dot-com. 97 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,460 Now, why is that exactly? 98 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,580 Well, no domain name extension tells your story with the same degree of trust 99 00:06:04,580 --> 00:06:06,680 as a dot-com or dot-net domain name. 100 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:11,020 Dot-com and dot-net domain name extensions inject credibility into your online presence. 101 00:06:11,540 --> 00:06:12,940 And who doesn't want to be credible? 102 00:06:13,420 --> 00:06:17,420 And don't forget, you get 15% off when you use our coupon code Android. 103 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,660 When you think domain names, thinkdomain.com. 104 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,040 Not sure by you. 105 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,420 Thank you. 106 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:43,680 Thank you.