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. Macaroni – a single HTML file messenger (github.com)
   75 points by snowflaxxx 26 days ago | 88 comments
2. Facebook and Messenger Hit by Global Outage (www.independent.co.uk)
   28 points by hsuduebc2 24 days ago | 2 comments
3. Ask HN: What should I verify before releasing a P2P messenger?
   6 points by Realman78 about 11 hours ago | 4 comments
4. Show HN: I recreated AOL Instant Messenger in the browser (www.webaim.xyz)
   5 points by RgrTheShrubbr 28 days ago | 2 comments
5. Show HN: AMA2, messenger built for AI agent (ama2.me)
   5 points by ejhooooon 7 days ago | 1 comments
6. What it takes to be the fastest bike messenger in NYC (1985) [video] (www.youtube.com)
   5 points by k0mplex 27 days ago | 1 comments
7. Macaroni Messenger 1.03 – small documentation fixes (github.com)
   3 points by snowflaxxx 23 days ago | 1 comments
8. Show HN: Fiwano – Unified API for WhatsApp, Instagram DM and Facebook Messenger (github.com)
   3 points by rmnbb 7 days ago | discuss
9. Show HN: Source-available post-quantum messenger – crypto core on GitHub (github.com)
   3 points by VeilusDigital 13 days ago | discuss
10. Manhattan's fastest bike messenger (1985) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    3 points by droidjj 19 days ago | discuss
11. Show HN: I mapped every privacy claim in my messenger to its source code (veilusdigital.co)
    2 points by VeilusDigital 16 days ago | 1 comments
12. Show HN: Fiwano – Unified API for WhatsApp, Instagram DM and Facebook Messenger (github.com)
    1 points by rmnbb 12 days ago | discuss
13. Ask HN: How would you launch an open-source app with a small budget?
    9 points by Realman78 6 days ago | 1 comments
14. Show HN: Voice Age Verification (agewarden.ai)
    8 points by wentw0rth 21 days ago | 33 comments
15. Show HN: Xenoeye – analyze network without AI using netflow, PostgreSQL, Grafana (github.com)
    5 points by vmxdev 7 days ago | discuss
16. I need some inspiration for Diploma
    4 points by sky_flower 5 days ago | 3 comments
17. Ask HN: Would you trust encryption at the mobile keyboard layer?
    3 points by dkatsura 1 day ago | 2 comments
18. Show HN: TabyAgent – A lighter and easier alternative to OpenClaw/Hermes (github.com)
    3 points by df003 30 days ago | discuss
19. EU Council forces Chat Control via fast-track (www.heise.de)
    464 points by stavros 1 day ago | 259 comments
20. Facebook Is Down (www.the-independent.com)
    2 points by dominikposmyk 24 days ago | 1 comments
21. Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger (cloud.google.com)
    836 points by karel-3d over 1 year ago | 289 comments
22. Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app (delta.chat)
    309 points by Bluestein about 1 year ago | 203 comments
23. Malware infiltrates Pidgin messenger's official plugin repository (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
    174 points by mikece almost 2 years ago | 34 comments
24. Zuckerberg's internal emails rendered as Facebook Messenger (zuckmail.vercel.app)
    138 points by not-chatgpt 4 months ago | 30 comments
25. White Noise – secure and private messenger (www.whitenoise.chat)
    116 points by onhacker 12 months ago | 50 comments
26. Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026 (dzrh.com.ph)
    104 points by SoKamil 5 months ago | 106 comments
27. The Crime Messenger (www.cbc.ca)
    99 points by SirLJ over 1 year ago | 119 comments
28. Signal messenger blocked in Russia, says Roskomnadzor (www.reuters.com)
    88 points by dtquad almost 2 years ago | 104 comments
29. Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users (techcrunch.com)
    71 points by mrkramer almost 2 years ago | 24 comments
30. Show HN: Amber – better Beeper, a modern all-in-one messenger (useamber.app)
    68 points by DmitryDolgopolo 10 months ago | 81 comments
31. Show HN: I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat app – pure nostalgia (buzzed.chat)
    66 points by lakshikag about 1 year ago | 32 comments
32. Berty – an encrypted and offline peer-to-peer messenger with no central server (berty.tech)
    42 points by HelloUsername 9 months ago | 8 comments
33. Show HN: A P2P messenger with dual network modes (Fast and Tor) (github.com)
    39 points by Realman78 3 months ago | 23 comments
34. Neo – Futuristic Matrix Messenger (mszpro.com)
    39 points by leonry almost 2 years ago | 12 comments
35. Russian Bloggers will have to register: Putin signs law to regulate messengers (tech.news.am)
    29 points by Ozarkian almost 2 years ago | 21 comments
36. Secret Messengers: Disseminating Sigint in the Second World War [pdf] (media.defense.gov)
    22 points by sohkamyung 11 months ago | discuss
37. New EU push for chat control: Will messenger services be blocked in Europe? (www.patrick-breyer.de)
    21 points by doener almost 2 years ago | 4 comments
38. Exploiting silent delivery receipts to monitor users on instant messengers (arxiv.org)
    20 points by wakawaka28 7 months ago | 4 comments
39. xPal Encyrpted Messenger Security (furry.engineer)
    18 points by luu about 1 year ago | 4 comments
40. Chat Control is already live on Facebook Messenger
    15 points by sputr 10 months ago | 22 comments
41. Is Telegram, Ukraine's most popular messenger app, a Russian Trojan horse? (kyivindependent.com)
    15 points by Ozarkian almost 2 years ago | 3 comments
42. Imo.im – Instant Messenger (imo.im)
    13 points by amai 7 months ago | 11 comments
43. Signal Messenger is now available on Guardian F-Droid repo (guardianproject.info)
    13 points by vilib over 1 year ago | 3 comments
44. Meta: Messenger.com is no longer available for messaging (www.facebook.com)
    12 points by ddxv 5 months ago | 10 comments
45. Messenger.abeto.co (messenger.abeto.co)
    11 points by toinewx 9 months ago | discuss
46. Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes (www.404media.co)
    11 points by alwillis over 1 year ago | discuss
47. Discord/Messenger Alternative Wishlist?
    10 points by namrog84 over 1 year ago | 8 comments
48. Is Telegram, Ukraine's most popular messenger app, a Russian Trojan horse? (kyivindependent.com)
    10 points by mariuz almost 2 years ago | 4 comments
49. Russia blocks messengers and VPNs – and its banks too (www.heise.de)
    10 points by doener 3 months ago | 1 comments
50. Tell HN: Max messenger app removed from App Store
    9 points by secondary_op about 1 month ago | 4 comments