John McAfee unveiled the plans for his “first truly private smartphone” in Newsweek yesterday. He believes his device is the “most hack-proof phone” ever created. The $1,100 Android phone, called the McAfee Privacy Phone, was created through a partnership with cybersecurity firm MGT. It’ll feature physical switches that allow the user to physically disconnect the battery, antennas for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and geolocation, the camera, and the microphone. McAfee also tells Newsweek that it’ll be able to identify and then not connect to a Stingray or any other IMSI catcher device. It also features a web search anonymizer.

None of this sounds like it’ll make a meaningful difference for users. Hardware isn’t the problem when it comes to mobile…

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