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permalink: /services/chat/
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title: "Matrix"
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description: "chat.privacytools.io is our official Matrix homeserver. You can register a user account on this homeserver using any Matrix client, no email required."
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{% include breadcrumbs.html %}
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<div class="jumbotron p-5">
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<h1 class="display-4">Matrix</h1>
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<p class="lead"><code>chat.privacytools.io</code> is our official Matrix homeserver.</p>
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<hr class="my-4">
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<p>You can register a user account on this homeserver using any Matrix client, no email required. However, you do not need to be a member of this homeserver to join our rooms, and choosing a smaller instance or <a href="https://element.io/matrix-services">buying</a> or <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/guides/installing-synapse">hosting</a> your own will help promote decentralization and performance in the Matrix fediverse!</p>
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<p class="lead">
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<a class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" href="https://element.privacytools.io/" role="button">Open in Element</a>
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<a class="btn btn-secondary btn-lg" href="https://www.hello-matrix.net/public_servers.php" role="button">Find Another Homeserver</a>
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</p>
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</div>
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<h2 class="pt-4" id="homeserverinfo">Connection Information</h2>
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<p><strong>To register on or connect to our homeserver, simply use <code>https://chat.privacytools.io</code> as the homeserver in your Matrix client.</strong></p>
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{%
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include cardv2.html
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title="Element"
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image="/assets/img/svg/3rd-party/element.svg"
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description='<a href="https://element.io">Element</a> (formerly <a href="https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element/">Riot</a>) is the reference client for the <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/guides/introduction">Matrix</a> network. The <a href="https://matrix.org/docs/spec">Matrix open standard</a> is an open-source standard for secure, decentralized, real-time communication.'
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labels="text==VoIP"
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website="https://element.io"
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privacy-policy="https://element.io/privacy"
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forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-riot-im/665/"
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github="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/"
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windows="https://element.io/get-started"
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mac="https://element.io/get-started"
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linux="https://riot.im/download/desktop/"
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fdroid="https://f-droid.org/packages/im.vector.alpha"
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googleplay="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.vector.app"
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ios="https://apps.apple.com/app/vector/id1083446067"
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web="https://app.element.io"
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%}
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<p>When asked to enter a custom homeserver in a Matrix client, enter <code>https://chat.privacytools.io</code>, <strong>not</strong> privacytools.io or element.privacytools.io. You do not need to change your identity server, in fact <code>https://vector.im</code> is the only functional one, by design.</p>
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<h2 class="pt-4">Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
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<h4>Is #general:privacytools.io or #privacy:privacytools.io chat end-to-end encrypted?</h4>
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<p><strong>No.</strong> Messages sent to the #general chat are encrypted from with client-to-server encryption, i.e. HTTPS. This means that your messages can't be viewed by an attacker on your network, or your ISP, etc. <strong>However</strong>, because this is a public chat room anybody can view your messages if they are a member, and newcomers will be able to see all message history. Do not say anything in rooms that don't use End-to-End (E2E) encryption that you wouldn't want tied to you personally.</p>
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<h4>Isn't Matrix behind Cloudflare?</h4>
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<p>Matrix.org is, chat.privacytools.io isn't. If you use our homeserver and our Riot install, you should be good.</p>
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<h4>Is Matrix slow?</h4>
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<p>It can be, for some! Due to the trememdous amount of people registering on the matrix.org homeserver, it is often overloaded and occasionally slow to respond. Users on that homeserver may have a less than ideal chat experience. If that's you, you can fix this problem by switching to another homeserver. Good alternatives include...
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<li>ours of course, at <mark><strong>chat.privacytools.io</strong></mark>, you're here right?</li>
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<li>feneas.org, tchncs.de, weho.st, pine64.org, mozilla.org, kde.org, halogen.city...</li>
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<li>purchasing an instance from <a href="https://element.io/matrix-services">Element Matrix Services</a></li>
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<li>running your own by installing <a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse">synapse</a> — certainly the best option for the technically inclined!</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Note that at time of writing, switching homeservers requires re-registering with another account at that server, as nomadic identities haven't been implemented yet.</p>
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<h4>What happens when I remove a message in Riot?</h4>
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<p>Your homeserver will send a removal request for that message and some clients will render it as a black line, but by editing the source it's possibly for homeserver to not respect it and do nothing. If the room is bridged to protocols that don't support message removals (IRC, XMPP), their users see nothing happening. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t want to remain in the chat forever.</p>
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<h4>Why do XMPP users keep joining and leaving all the time?</h4>
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<p><a href="https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-bifrost/issues/63">It's an issue with the XMPP bridge</a>.</p>
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<h2 class="pt-4">Rooms</h2>
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<p>To join a room, just type <code>/join [room address]</code> in any room. You can run this command from any server, not just ours!</p>
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<p>The PrivacyTools administration operates the following channels:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>#dev:privacytools.io</code>: Discussions relating to <a href="https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/">building</a> www.privacytools.io.</li>
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<li><code>#forum:privacytools.io</code>: All PrivacyTools Forum updates (Automated).</li>
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<li><strong><code>#general:privacytools.io</code>: Main discussion room.</strong> All members of our homeserver will auto-join here.</li>
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<li><code>#github:privacytools.io</code>: GitHub updates for @privacytoolsIO (Automated).</li>
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<li><code>#guides:privacytools.io</code>: Privacy Guides development work.</li>
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<li><strong><code>#privacy:privacytools.io</code>: On-topic privacy, security, opsec discussion and support.</strong></li>
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<li><code>#team:privacytools.io</code>: Private team chat.</li>
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<li><code>#wiki:privacytools.io</code>: <a href="https://wiki.privacytools.io/view/Main_Page">Wiki</a>-building discussion room.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you're looking for more things to chat about, check out these rooms as well:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>#disroot:disroot.org</code>: Disroot.org room</li>
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<li><code>#freenode_#opennic:matrix.org</code>: OpenNIC IRC Channel.</li>
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<li><code>#matrix:matrix.org</code>: Discuss Matrix itself!</li>
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<li><code>#nothing_to_hide:privacytools.io</code>: More general privacy chat.</li>
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<li><code>#_oftc_#Tor-Project:matrix.org</code>: Official Tor Project chat room!</li>
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<li><code>#plume:disroot.org</code>: Discussion for Plume: Federated blogging.</li>
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<li><code>#riot-android:matrix.org</code>: Riot-Android discussion and support.</li>
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<li><code>#riot-ios:matrix.org</code>: Riot-iOS discussion and support.</li>
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<li><code>#riotx:matrix.org</code>: RiotX discussion and support.</li>
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<li><code>#riot-web:matrix.org</code>: Riot-web discussion and support.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you are a room operator and want your room listed here, feel free to contact us. Especially if you operate a large room and/or are a member of our homeserver!</p>
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<p>We do not necessarily endorse any of the content in these listed rooms.</p>
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<h2 class="pt-4" id="contact">Contact</h2>
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<p>For server related issues, the administrator of this homeserver is Jonah, who can be reached on Matrix at <code>@jonah:privacytools.io</code>.
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<p>For moderation related issues or anything else, you can contact Jonah or anyone in the team (listed in the <code>+team:privacytools.io</code> community) via Matrix, or via email at <code>support@privacytools.io</code>.</p>
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title: "Services from PrivacyTools"
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description: "The PrivacyTools team is proud to introduce a suite of privacy-centric online services to connect you with other privacy-minded individuals and stay safe and secure online. No advertisers, no Google Analytics, no tracking, no third-party requests of any kind."
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<p>We currently have the following free-to-use services online now.</p>
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<div class="card card-list">
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<ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://search.privacytools.io/"><i class="fas fa-search fa-lg fa-fw"></i> Searx - Privacy Friendly Search at search.privacytools.io</a></li>
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://social.privacytools.io/"><i class="fas fa-retweet fa-lg fa-fw"></i> Mastodon - Tracker Free Social Networking at social.privacytools.io</a></li>
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://chat.privacytools.io/"><i class="fas fa-comment fa-lg fa-fw"></i> Matrix - Federated private chat at chat.privacytools.io</a></li>
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://forum.privacytools.io/"><i class="fab fa-discourse fa-lg fa-fw"></i> Discourse - Forum at forum.privacytools.io</a></li>
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://write.privacytools.io/"><i class="fas fa-pen-alt fa-lg fa-fw"></i> Write Freely - Federated minimalist blog at write.privacytools.io</a></li>
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://bin.privacytools.io/"><i class="fas fa-clipboard fa-lg fa-fw"></i> PrivateBin - Encrypted Pastebin at bin.privacytools.io</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<p>More services are on the way. If there's something that would be super beneficial for us to run, don't hesitate to reach out and ask. And of course, if you like our services, please consider <a href="/donate/">donating to support our server costs</a>, <em>any donation helps!</em></p>
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<div class="card card-list">
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<ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
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<li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://status.privacytools.io/" class="text-success"><i class="fas fa-check-circle fa-lg fa-fw"></i> Statuspage - Check the status of our services for any outages or scheduled maintenance</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h3>A brief note</h3>
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<p>We are providing these services because we believe in decentralized and federated networks, and free and open source software. The tools we host are a great and convenient entry-point to these services like Matrix, Mastodon, and WriteFreely. We hope that we are able to spur the adoption of these alternative networks, and we strongly believe all of our services are far better than traditional providers, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google.</p>
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<p>However, as with <em>any</em> hosted, online service, remember that using our services involves risks that may or may not be acceptable to you. Using online services requires trust in the service provider. We don't know of any surefire way to evaluate a provider for privacy, or provide a service that we can guarantee is operating in a privacy-respecting way. Of course we strive to provide the best services possible for our community, but at the end of the day this involves you trusting us and the system administrators that host our services.</p>
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<p>As always, <strong>never</strong> trust a service provider with sensitive information, even if they are trustworthy.</p>
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<p>We also recommend you don't centralize all your online activity around a single provider's services (such as ours). This is because it is not a good idea to give a single party control over everything you do online.</p>
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<p>We highly recommend hosting your own services whenever possible. Not only is it a fantastic learning experience, but it allows you to have services entirely in your control. There are a number of great resources available, including...</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://talk.libreho.st/">The libreho.st forum</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://homebrewserver.club/">homebrewserver.club</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/">r/selfhosted</a></li>
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<p>You can also join us on Matrix at <code>#general:privacytools.io</code> and ask around! We are always happy to help you start hosting your own services.</p>
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<p>The services we provide here are for the benefit of our community, and we collect as little data as possible. But it is a convenience more than a recommendation. You should always avoid trusting others with your information, and always encrypt.</p>
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