Protect Your Privacy! Use Matrix: A Self-Hosted, E2E Encrypted, Alternative to WhatsApp and Signal

With Online Privacy Bills looming, perhaps it's time to take back control? Matrix is a powerful replacement for all of your messaging apps, meaning you no longer have to rely on 3rd party hosted services like WhatsApp, Signal, and Discord. It's a self-hosted, end to end encrypted, and decentralised platform that is highly secured, with a specific focus on privacy and ease of use.

Join me as I show you what Matrix and Synapse are, discuss the key features of the platform, and provide a complete 'How To' guide to deploy it in your home, complete with configuration files on my GitHub.

Why not send me a message on Matrix when you're up and running?:
https://matrix.to/#/#jims-garage:matrix.jimsgarage.co.uk

Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsG...

Matrix:
https://matrix.org

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00:00 - Introduction to Matrix & Synapse
02:38 - Matrix Features Overview
05:24 - Matrix Mission & Manifesto
06:06 - Matrix Clients (Application)
07:28 - Element Chat Client
08:44 - What is Synapse?
10:26 - Deploying Synapse (Steps Required)
11:48 - Creating and Tweaking a Synapse Configuration File
19:32 - Docker Compose Overview
24:56 - Docker Deployment
26:40 - Create a Synapse Admin User
28:28 - Connect To Our Server As Admin With Element Chat (Browser)
29:50 - Create a Room and Send Your First Message
31:50 - Backing Up Security Keys
34:48 - Create Additional Users (Terminal & Create Account)
35:10 - Testing New User Works & Can Send Messages
37:20 - Setting Up Registration For New Users
39:00 - Setting Up Captcha For New Users
40:32 - Testing New Captcha & User Registration
41:54 - Setting Up Email & SMTP For User Registration & Password Reset
42:43 - Mobile Element Application Walkthrough (Android)
44:34 - Enable Matrix Federation
46:14 - Matrix Federation Tester
46:45 - Outro