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 self-hosted, 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/#/#jims-garage:matrix.jimsgarage.co.uk Docker-Compose: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage/tree/main/Synapse Matrix: https://matrix.org/ Find me on: Discord: https://discord.gg/qW5vEBekz5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimsgarage_ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Jims-Garage GitHub: https://github.com/JamesTurland/JimsGarage 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