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Secure Voice Communications While Travelling?

Posted by Cliff on from the thwarting-eavesdroppers-everywhere dept.

captnitro asks: "My father works for the US Dept of Commerce in the Eastern Bloc. His hotel room phones are routinely bugged -- a few (former) coworkers have had their stays 'shortened' and politely asked to leave the country, when they said dumb things over the phone. A few days ago he asked me what I use for secure voice when I don't have broadband. Remembering PGPfone from a while back, I looked up the link, but apparently they're no longer supporting/distributing it. While I wouldn't recommend he say much of anything in a bugged room, it got me thinking -- what do *you* use for simple, no-nonsense (requiring modem + sound card), low-bandwidth secure voice app? Unix works, and scriptability gets geek points, but I'll take what I can get."

3 of 85 comments (clear)

  1. bad idea by Asgard · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you are in a foreign country and the state agencies are bugging your calls, you better be darn sure of what their crypto laws say because you might get arrested for spying if you break them.

  2. speakfree by zcat_NZ · · Score: 3, Informative

    speak freely is a Free program for Windows and *nix. It supports strong encryption (by default) and is very light on bandwidth. It works more like a walkie-talkie than a phone though.

    Or you could just send GPG-encrypted emails..

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  3. PGPfone is still available by SiMac · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the PGPi website, including the source.

    Might not work on newer hardware, but it's still available.