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Last modified by Stefan Schwalb on 2023/08/28 20:39
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... ... @@ -1,17 +1,57 @@ 1 1 {{toc/}} 2 2 3 -= Establishing a Matrix Chat = 4 4 5 - 6 6 == What is Matrix? == 7 7 8 8 9 -Matrix is a chat system very similar to E-Mail .People have their accountononeserver butcanwrite messages to anyonen otherservers.For example@someprofessor:tum.decan communicate with @someresearcher:lmu.de.7 +[[Matrix>>https://matrix.org/]] is a chat system very similar to E-Mail, but instantaneous and secure. 10 10 11 -You can create end-to-end encrypted personal or group chats that are not stored and dependent on a central authority like most other tools (ms teams, whatsapp, zoom, ...). All your messages are synced between all your devices - web clients, desktop clients, smartphone apps. For additional security, encryption keys of contacts can be verified and then stored as trusted. 9 +* You need to register an account at a provider (e.g. tum.de, or lmu.de) 10 +* Whatever your provider is, you can talk to people using other providers 11 +** ((( 12 +For example {{code language="none"}}@someprofessor:tum.de{{/code}} can communicate with {{code language="none"}}@someresearcher:lmu.de{{/code}}! 13 +))) 14 +* ((( 15 +In the same way you can use Outlook or Thunderbird with the same email account, you can use different Matrix apps for the same Matrix account! 16 +Several apps exist, but we're going to go with "[[Element>>https://element.io/]]" for the sake of simplicity, as it's among the most fully-featured Matrix apps on the market. 17 +))) 12 12 13 -You can use either the desktop version or the web interface of matrix. 19 +So People have their **account on one server** but can write messages **to anyone on other servers**. 20 + 14 14 22 +You can create[[ end-to-end encrypted>>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_encryption]] **personal or group chats** that are not stored and **not dependent on a central authority** like most other tools (MS Teams, WhatsApp, Zoom, ...). 23 +All your messages are **synced** between all your devices - web clients, desktop clients, smartphone apps. 24 +For additional security, encryption keys of contacts can be verified and then stored as trusted. 25 + 26 +== Home Server == 27 + 28 +Messages are stored and synced between home servers. 29 + 30 +A user typically has **one account** on one homeserver. You can use any homeserver of your choice - however [[ITO>>doc:CIT.ITO.WebHome]] offers two homeservers: 31 + 32 +* **matrix.cit.tum.de** for CIT accounts: @username:cit.tum.de 33 +* **matrix.tum.de** for TUM accounts: @username:tum.de 34 + 35 +You only need to use one account and can communicate with any other homeserver of the world. 36 + 37 +If you don't have a CIT or TUM account, you can use a public homeserver instead: 38 + 39 +* matrix.org: [[https:~~/~~/app.element.io/#/register>>https://app.element.io/#/register]] 40 +* or any other homeserver [[https:~~/~~/joinmatrix.org/servers/>>https://joinmatrix.org/servers/]] 41 +* or, host your own homeserver :) 42 + 43 +To use your home server, you have to **use a client** that communicates with your homeserver. 44 + 45 +== Clients == 46 + 47 +[[Element>>https://element.io/]] is our client of choice. You can use it 48 + 49 +* [[on your desktop>>https://element.io/download]] 50 +* as web client: 51 +** matrix.cit.tum.de 52 +** matrix.tum.de 53 +* [[on your smartphone>>https://element.io/download]] 54 + 15 15 == Sign in == 16 16 17 17 === Sign in to the desktop version ===