--- title: terminalphone · GitLab | daily.dev description: TerminalPhone is a single Bash script that enables anonymous, end-to-end encrypted push-to-talk voice and text communication over Tor hidden services. It works... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/terminalphone-gitlab-3szhw0rbh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: terminalphone · GitLab | daily.dev og:description: TerminalPhone is a single Bash script that enables anonymous, end-to-end encrypted push-to-talk voice and text communication over Tor hidden services. It works... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/terminalphone-gitlab-3szhw0rbh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3SZHw0rbH.png og:image:alt: terminalphone · GitLab og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # terminalphone · GitLab **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary TerminalPhone is a single Bash script that enables anonymous, end-to-end encrypted push-to-talk voice and text communication over Tor hidden services. It works like a walkie-talkie: record a voice message, which is Opus-compressed, AES-256-CBC encrypted, and transmitted over Tor as a complete unit. No servers, accounts, or phone numbers are needed — your .onion address is your identity. Features include configurable ciphers (21 options), HMAC-SHA256 protocol authentication with replay protection, optional voice changer, QR code sharing, Snowflake bridge support for censorship circumvention, and cross-platform support for Linux and Android via Termux. The security model relies on a pre-shared secret with PBKDF2 key derivation, with noted limitations including no forward secrecy and out-of-band secret exchange requirements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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