Hackernews posts about Messenger

Messenger is a messaging app developed by Facebook that allows users to send text messages, make voice and video calls, and share media with friends and family.

1. Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026 (dzrh.com.ph)
   99 points by SoKamil 3 days ago | 105 comments
2. Meta: Messenger.com is no longer available for messaging (www.facebook.com)
   12 points by ddxv 4 days ago | 10 comments
3. Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes (www.quantamagazine.org)
   8 points by tzury 24 days ago | 4 comments
4. Messenger.com is no longer available for messaging (www.facebook.com)
   6 points by tomashertus 3 days ago | 3 comments
5. Moxie Marlinspike: "Telegrams not a private messenger" (twitter.com)
   6 points by tosh 10 days ago | 1 comments
6. Fluux Messenger: A Modern Cross Platform XMPP Client (www.process-one.net)
   4 points by mickael 24 days ago | discuss
7. Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes (www.quantamagazine.org)
   4 points by Ygg2 26 days ago | discuss
8. Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes (www.quantamagazine.org)
   4 points by jandrewrogers 29 days ago | discuss
9. Reverse engineering Microsoft (windows) messenger protocol om macOS (vito.io)
   3 points by elesbao about 14 hours ago | discuss
10. Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes (www.quantamagazine.org)
    3 points by pseudolus 26 days ago | discuss
11. UK-pair behind Iranian Gap Messenger may be giving data to regime (www.theguardian.com)
    2 points by ukblewis 22 days ago | discuss
12. Show HN: EncroGram – A Privacy-Focused Messenger (encrogram.com)
    1 points by truthleaks 15 days ago | 5 comments
13. Confide: Encrypted, ephemeral and screenshot-proof messenger (getconfide.com)
    1 points by rzk 17 days ago | 3 comments
14. Alternatives when mainstream messengers become restricted? (encrogram.com)
    1 points by RussianFreedom 4 days ago | 1 comments
15. Starting April 2026, messenger.com will no longer be available for messaging (www.facebook.com)
    1 points by agluszak 3 days ago | discuss
16. Fluux Messenger 0.13.0: A Modern Cross Platform XMPP Client (www.process-one.net)
    1 points by neustradamus 8 days ago | discuss
17. Ask HN: Threat model of messenger.com backed up E2EE messages
    1 points by leni536 9 days ago | discuss
18. Show HN: Relay.chat – A new web-based secure messenger (early preview (messaging-platform-432fa.web.app)
    1 points by relayapp_chat 20 days ago | discuss
19. Show HN: Vibe Language – A messenger for language learners (apps.apple.com)
    1 points by osd2030 22 days ago | discuss
20. How Meta Deploys AV1 on Facebook From Reels to Stories to Messenger (www.streamingmedia.com)
    1 points by breve 30 days ago | discuss
21. Ask HN: Claude web blocked its assets visit via csp?
    6 points by xgstation 3 days ago | 2 comments
22. Ask HN: I experienced an Attack on Telegram and simcards gone!!!
    2 points by khoobid_shoma 11 days ago | discuss
23. UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime (www.theguardian.com)
    2 points by n1b0m 22 days ago | discuss
24. Show HN: Skills teach your agent roam outside Moltbook and return with context (github.com)
    1 points by howieyoung 21 days ago | 1 comments
25. Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger (cloud.google.com)
    836 points by karel-3d about 1 year ago | 289 comments
26. Cracking Meta's Messenger Certificate Pinning on macOS (texts.blog)
    490 points by KishanBagaria almost 2 years ago | 125 comments
27. Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app (delta.chat)
    309 points by Bluestein 8 months ago | 203 comments
28. Malware infiltrates Pidgin messenger's official plugin repository (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    174 points by mikece over 1 year ago | 34 comments
29. White Noise – secure and private messenger (www.whitenoise.chat)
    116 points by onhacker 8 months ago | 50 comments
30. The Crime Messenger (www.cbc.ca)
    99 points by SirLJ about 1 year ago | 119 comments
31. Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnadzor (www.reuters.com)
    88 points by dtquad over 1 year ago | 104 comments
32. Germany drafts law that will make E2EE mandatory for messengers and cloud (tuta.com)
    75 points by fariszr almost 2 years ago | 18 comments
33. Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users (techcrunch.com)
    71 points by mrkramer over 1 year ago | 24 comments
34. Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger (useamber.app)
    68 points by DmitryDolgopolo 6 months ago | 81 comments
35. Show HN: I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat app – pure nostalgia (buzzed.chat)
    66 points by lakshikag 11 months ago | 32 comments
36. Killing the Messenger: My Final Days Working at a Disaster (nymag.com)
    60 points by paulpauper almost 2 years ago | 32 comments
37. ICQ messenger shuts down after almost 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    46 points by N19PEDL2 over 1 year ago | 7 comments
38. Berty – an encrypted and offline peer-to-peer messenger with no central server (berty.tech)
    42 points by HelloUsername 4 months ago | 8 comments
39. Neo – Futuristic Matrix Messenger (mszpro.com)
    39 points by leonry over 1 year ago | 12 comments
40. Russian Bloggers will have to register: Putin signs law to regulate messengers (tech.news.am)
    29 points by Ozarkian over 1 year ago | 21 comments
41. Georgia Prosecutors Stoke Fears over Use of Encrypted Messengers and Tor (www.eff.org)
    26 points by hn_acker over 1 year ago | 9 comments
42. Secret Messengers: Disseminating Sigint in the Second World War [pdf] (media.defense.gov)
    22 points by sohkamyung 6 months ago | discuss
43. New EU push for chat control: Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? (www.patrick-breyer.de)
    21 points by doener over 1 year ago | 4 comments
44. Exploiting silent delivery receipts to monitor users on instant messengers (arxiv.org)
    19 points by wakawaka28 3 months ago | 4 comments
45. xPal Encyrpted Messenger Security (furry.engineer)
    18 points by luu 10 months ago | 4 comments
46. Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material (www.theguardian.com)
    16 points by sandebert almost 2 years ago | 6 comments
47. Chat Control is already live on Facebook Messenger
    15 points by sputr 5 months ago | 22 comments
48. Is Telegram, Ukraine's most popular messenger app, a Russian Trojan horse? (kyivindependent.com)
    15 points by Ozarkian over 1 year ago | 3 comments
49. Imo.im – Instant Messenger (imo.im)
    13 points by amai 3 months ago | 11 comments
50. Signal Messenger is now available on Guardian F-Droid repo (guardianproject.info)
    13 points by vilib about 1 year ago | 3 comments
51. Messenger.abeto.co (messenger.abeto.co)
    11 points by toinewx 5 months ago | discuss
52. Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes (www.404media.co)
    11 points by alwillis about 1 year ago | discuss
53. Discord/Messenger Alternative Wishlist?
    10 points by namrog84 over 1 year ago | 8 comments
54. Is Telegram, Ukraine's most popular messenger app, a Russian Trojan horse? (kyivindependent.com)
    10 points by mariuz over 1 year ago | 4 comments