Hacking / Opsec

Good Private Messenger, Zangi.

Started by sweetwoah23 · Jun 21, 2026

#1942
This messenger Zangi, looks good to me.

End to end ecrypted messages.

No Phone number required to register an account. You can register using a VPN the entire usage time.

only downside is USA based, so might be corrupted to be backdoored.

I hope it's open source... Might be a good alternative to Signal.
#1943
↳ Replying to @sweetwoah23
No Linux support.

I hope it's open source... Might be a good alternative to Signa


I hope? I've searched and cannot find anything of the sort.

I'm going to allow, so then there's something for "Zangi" in the search results in the future since this is the first I've heard of Zangi. *NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION*
#1944
↳ Replying to @sweetwoah23
zangi doesn't have any public repositories yet.


I think I'll pass. I guess no SIM makes it somehow better than Telegram but E2EE over a non open-source application is a big no for me.
#1945
↳ Replying to @sweetwoah23
I remember hearing that it was used to livestream a murder, so it's becoming popular among gangs. But they don't have anyone backing them, unlike Signal, which has undergone several audits to earn that reputation, and Signal is also open source, while Zangi is not.
#1947
↳ Replying to @sweetwoah23
I think your question also needs your use case, literally just use any messenger with PGP/GPG encryption and you'll be fine. They wont be able to break the encryption anytime soon. If you're doing something less than legal and want to be a bit more paranoid, just use simpleX chat, signal or run your own XMPP service software and use PGP/GPG within that.