cryptophone

English

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ phone.

Noun

cryptophone (plural cryptophones)

1. 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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

secure telephone

• French: cryptophone (fr) m
• Portuguese: criptofone m