Company type | Private |
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Industry | Software |
Founded | October 2011 |
Headquarters | Washington DC, United States |
Key people | Gregg Smith - CEO |
Website | www |
Silent Circle is an encrypted communications firm based in Washington DC.[1] Silent Circle provides multi-platform secure communication services for mobile devices and desktops. Launched October 16, 2012, the company operates under a subscription business model.[2] The encryption part of the software used is free software/open source and peer-reviewed.[2] For the remaining parts of Silent Phone and Silent Text, the source code is available on GitHub, but under proprietary software licenses.[3]