cryptophone
English
Etymology
crypto- + phone
Noun
cryptophone (plural cryptophones)
- A secure telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.
- 2008 March 12, Peter Wayner, “Psst! Follow Me and I’ll Show You the Exhibition”, in New York Times:
- The bulky refrigerator-size boxes that scrambled the phone discussions of Roosevelt and Churchill are just steps from the hefty cryptophones of the 1970s and more modern versions.
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Translations
secure telephone
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