From c1b841676272d2cee23507970f8499c3d63a869a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ubuntu Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 11:06:08 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] automated commit from wiki --- matrix.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/matrix.md b/matrix.md index 5dc2c5e..04a9bd5 100644 --- a/matrix.md +++ b/matrix.md @@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ permalink: "/matrix/" {% oembed https://giphy.com/gifs/the-matrix-saD01LsKDzxL2 %} -[Matrix](https://matrix.org/) is a federating database, kind of? It's generally less useful to define it by its actual technical spec than by saying it's the underpinning for "matrix chat", i.e. [this thing which is now being officially called "Element"](https://element.io/). If you think of it like "Discord but open source, [end-to-end encrypted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption#E2EE_and_privacy) by default, and self-hostable" you're not far off. \ No newline at end of file +[Matrix](https://matrix.org/) is a federating database, kind of? It's generally less useful to define it by its actual technical spec than by saying it's the underpinning for "matrix chat", i.e. [this thing which is now being officially called "Element"](https://element.io/). If you think of it like "Discord but open source, [end-to-end encrypted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption#E2EE_and_privacy) by default, and self-hostable" you're not far off. + +If you're curious and want to pay someone instead of spending your own time to admin it, check out [Beeper](https://www.beeper.com/) which handles not only running the underlying Matrix instance, but also a bunch of bridges that let you talk to closed-source corporate messengers, e.g. WhatsApp, iMessage, etc. etc. \ No newline at end of file