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 selfhosted, 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/#/#jimsgarage:matrix.jimsgarage.co.uk

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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