TalkShade – Key Features
TalkShade is a real-time audio and video communication app with the following characteristics:
- Does not require a personal phone number
- Does not require ownership of the mobile device used
- Users can be identified by multiple aliases
- Users can be contacted through multiple aliases
- The alias used for identification does not have to match the one used to be contacted
- All communications are peer-to-peer, encrypted end-to-end, and do not rely on any central or cloud server
- Once the communication ends, no trace of the conversation remains on the device
- There is no contact list: users must remember or store their aliases and those of their contacts manually
- Users have access to a control panel at www.talkshade.com to register, choose, and purchase aliases
- Users can purchase as many aliases as desired with a single account
- Aliases can be any combination of alphanumeric or special characters; the shorter the alias, the higher the cost
- If your device is infected or suspected of spyware, you can use TalkShade on a second device without a SIM card, using a hotspot connection from the first
- The app’s name and icon can be customized to mislead anyone accessing your device
- By design, TalkShade cannot transmit or receive malware on mobile devices