YSK that these kinda bridges break E2EE. Your matrix homeserver will register as a whatsapp web client and forward the messages to you basically. It does work really well tho, with read receipts and media and everything.
Does that mean I have to make my own E2EE or something? Can we do the same thing but for Telegram? I’m somewhat of a noob with this self-hosting thing, but it sounds like an exciting project. Where can I learn more?
I think self hosting this kinda thing is a pretty rough first project. At the moment you would also have to host your own matrix server to make this work.
The EU and the matrix foundation do a lot to push changes to make this interoperability more user friendly while maintaining E2EE, but its just not there yet.
At some point the messages just need to be decrypted because the encryption algorithms all these apps use are different. So unless you directly add whatsapps or signals code into your app, this will have to happen elsewhere, like your or someone elses homeserver. If you dont care about that or if you trust that server, you can try to find a server that has an existing bridge running.
tchncs.de for example is running a signal bridge tchncs.de/en/matrix/ (scroll down all the way)
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help! I’ll do some reading and add this to my list of projects. Maybe not in the near future, but definitely will.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
YSK that these kinda bridges break E2EE. Your matrix homeserver will register as a whatsapp web client and forward the messages to you basically. It does work really well tho, with read receipts and media and everything.
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Does that mean I have to make my own E2EE or something? Can we do the same thing but for Telegram? I’m somewhat of a noob with this self-hosting thing, but it sounds like an exciting project. Where can I learn more?
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I think self hosting this kinda thing is a pretty rough first project. At the moment you would also have to host your own matrix server to make this work.
This is the code for hosting the bridge: github.com/mautrix/whatsapp
There are also ones for signal, telegram, etc matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/
The EU and the matrix foundation do a lot to push changes to make this interoperability more user friendly while maintaining E2EE, but its just not there yet.
At some point the messages just need to be decrypted because the encryption algorithms all these apps use are different. So unless you directly add whatsapps or signals code into your app, this will have to happen elsewhere, like your or someone elses homeserver. If you dont care about that or if you trust that server, you can try to find a server that has an existing bridge running.
tchncs.de for example is running a signal bridge tchncs.de/en/matrix/ (scroll down all the way)
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 1 week ago
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help! I’ll do some reading and add this to my list of projects. Maybe not in the near future, but definitely will.