Crypto backdoors? Set up your end-to-end encrypted secure chat (while you can!)
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Australia is to ban or weaken encryption to be able to read encrypted messages. What can go wrong?
Come along to set up your self-hosted end-to-end encrypted chat server - while you can!
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Workshop Description
In this workshop we build our own end-to-end encrypted secure group chat service based on Matrix and Riot. Matrix is an open standard for decentralised communication and Riot allows teams to communicate across a wide range of collaboration apps.
The goal of this workshop is to teach you how to configure and run your own Matrix/Riot service. By the end of the workshop, you should be able to log into secure chat rooms with your phone and computer, and invite others to the same server.
What is Matrix?
Matrix and Riot work together to provide a chat service which behaves in a similar way to popular services like Slack. Unlike Slack, however, this tech stack is free and open source.
Matrix also provides native support for encrypted chat rooms. If you set it up, chat channels on your server can be end-to-end encrypted. Anyone on your server can verify their fingerprints with each other out-of-channel to make sure that the people in the room are the ones you want there.
Workshop Requirements:
In this workshop, we will be using the Linux command line. Windows users should prepare for the workshop by downloading a SSH terminal, such as PuTTY, beforehand.
Bring your own computer with you and make sure the batteries are fully charged. If you would like to keep your server running, you will need the following two things:
• A registered domain name (any TLD will do)
• A virtual server running in the cloud (DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr etc.)
We can also provide you a domain name and virtual server until the end of the workshop.
LIMITED SPACES!
Due to the limited size of the venue, we limit the number of maximum attendees on this workshop. RSVP now to avoid disappointment!
More information about Australia's plan to ban crypto:
Crypto backdoors? Set up your end-to-end encrypted secure chat (while you can!)