Silent Phone deploys the ZRTP peer-to-peer encryption protocol which is recognized as the leading standard for secure end-to-end communication in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone call.

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These referred to ways to establishing a secure communication link between different types of computers using a protocol referred to as TARP (Tunneled Agile Routing Protocol).

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