Chatzyo doesn't ask for your name, email, or any account at all — that part of anonymity is built in. The part that's actually up to you is what you choose to say and show once you're talking to someone. This page is about that half of it.
Anonymity isn't really about hiding — it's about being thoughtful about what you choose not to mention. A few habits worth building:
"Tamil Nadu" tells someone where you're roughly from. A specific neighborhood, school, or workplace tells them a lot more than a random stranger usually needs to know.
Handing over an Instagram or Snapchat handle to someone you just met turns an anonymous conversation into a searchable profile in seconds. A surprising amount of social engineering starts with exactly that one detail.
Ask yourself, honestly: could a stranger track down where I live using just what I've said in the last ten minutes? If the answer feels uncertain, that's worth paying attention to.
It's easy to forget that the space behind you is part of the conversation too. A diploma on the wall, a distinctive view out a window, a sports jersey with a team and city on it — none of these are dramatic on their own, but together they can narrow down who and where you are faster than you'd expect. A plain wall or a tidy, generic space behind you removes that without any real effort.
Most browsers also let you block a site's access to your precise location. It's worth checking that setting is actually off for any site you use for random chat, including this one — there's rarely a good reason a video chat platform needs your GPS coordinates.
Social engineering, in plain terms, is getting someone to hand over information they wouldn't normally share, usually by making the conversation feel casual and friendly first. On an anonymous platform, this can look like ordinary small talk that's quietly steering toward specific answers — a first pet's name, a mother's maiden name, where exactly you were born. These happen to be common security-question answers for a reason, and a stranger asking several of them in a row, framed as friendly curiosity, is worth noticing.
If something like this happens, you don't need to figure out their intent before acting — just skip, and report it through our reporting guide if it felt like more than idle curiosity.
Chatzyo's video runs over an encrypted peer-to-peer connection by default, but as a normal part of how WebRTC works, your IP address can be visible to whoever you're matched with during connection setup. A VPN adds a layer on top of that by masking your actual IP from the other person — genuinely worth considering if you're on public Wi-Fi or just prefer that extra step. This isn't a Chatzyo- specific feature; it's a general precaution that applies to any WebRTC-based video platform, ours included.
Chatzyo ends your camera and microphone access automatically the moment you disconnect, so there's no lingering connection after you leave. Even so, it's a reasonable habit to glance at your browser's permission indicator before walking away from your device, the same way you'd double-check any app that uses your camera. It's a small thing, but small habits are most of what anonymity actually comes down to in practice.
For a lot of people, the appeal of an anonymous conversation is exactly that it's anonymous — without a name or a social circle attached, conversations can be more honest than they'd otherwise be. That only works if the basics above are second nature rather than something you're thinking about mid-conversation. None of it requires technical skill, just the habit of noticing what you're about to say before you say it.