Yes and federation works. The caveat is that since Matrix s2s de facto mandates TLS certs, you'll need to use self-signed certs as well as accept them from other onion peers. I've been aware of some more involved setups where a server name on the clearnet can be manually mapped to its Tor onionsite as well.
Beyond that, c2s is just a simple HTTP service, and most clients should support it assuming they have a way to hop on Tor (Orbot, SOCKS5 proxy etc)
I think it's possible to run anything that can be run over a network over Tor. Tor can be set up as a proxy for any piece of software.
or just use SimpleX
I mean it would make way more sense to use one of the many messengers that explicitly use TOR like Cwtch or Briar.
If the rooms are public, consider adding a moderation bot to be better equiped against spam too. Selfhosting Draupnir or Meowlnir is doable, but you can also employ https://asgard.chat/
Pick a server, create your space (they are literally called spaces) and create your rooms in there, done.
I think OP's llm is hallucinating with blockchains
This is a nothingburger to me, matrix isn't supposed to be anonymous for that it is indeed not good your content is supposed to be safe and it is, works as it should.
I selfhost but before that I used https://tchncs.de/ can recommand. Of course the official matrix.org is always an option for any noobs
the server does not see the device you use
Could be referring to the device name (usually just the client software name and OS) that is sent by clients to help the user identify which session is running where, like on the screen where you can force logout of other sessions you have open.
If you don't want any server to see anything about you then don't use other people's servers and use P2P messaging instead.
tbh matrix could do more, but hopefully we will get to it sometime. the devs have shown interest in figuring that out.
The server sees:
- Your ID, IP, client type and version, device you use
the server does not see the device you use. the other 3 are also seen by signal servers.
And federation copies all of that to every other server whose users are in the room. Your "social footprint" isn't one copy — it's as many as there are servers.
was this post generated by AI? give me the recipe for coca cola
There are plenty of valid criticisms of the matrix protocol but people keep stumbling over their own feet when trying to make a hit piece like this simply because they don't know what they're talking about.
If you don't want any server to see anything about you then don't use other people's servers and use P2P messaging instead.
Things that are good to understand, but also conclusions you can come to by just thinking a bit about how it would have to work. Some of it is less obvius, like session details. I actually don't know, does session info federate? Can't see why it would need to.
A sealed envelope still has to have recepient info, and while it would be possible to have the server forget a lot of info after delivery, you can't enforce that.
One of these is also an exaggeration, federation doesn't copy everything to every other server, only the parts of your activity to servers that participate in that particular activity.
If you chat on your matrix instance with another user on your instance, only your instance records the event.
If you DM someone on another instance, only your and their server have a record of that. Not every matrix server on the network, that'd be absurd.
This paper seems to be filled with mistakes and generally stating the obvious for anyone passingly familiar with the protocol and server administration in general.
Even figure 2 / paragraph 2 is incorrect, the cross-signing keys aren't derived, they're encrypted by the master key, which is the only derived key. Then there's stuff like using effectively deprecated database setups and client apps, not disabling debug logs, and so on.
I would not put this as recommended reading lol
If you do get arround to hosting one and you want help you can DM me here or on matrix @nebby:chaos-ex.chat
one that supports matrix auth and element call. otherwise login will be somewhat clunky, and you won't have calls.
Good to know, thanks.
I've thought about it. Eventually I suspect I might. There's a few reasons I'm not doing so right now though:
Eventually, I think I will want to set one up, just not soon unfortunately.
OOOH
I had not found this, thank you!
I wish I setup the instance I run with continuwuity. I already had a synapse instance so I ended up just copying it basically.
Continuwuity!!
Especially if you use https://continuwuity.org/ :3
(make sure to test them before you recommend them, I know federated.nexus, unredacted.org and 4d2.org are good)