Matrix

Pulled up an old laptop and setup matrix with the mautrix bridge for WA. Setup was way quicker than I thought it would take. Oddly this was one of those things that I had on the back burner and set to least importance…

After a good one year away from Whatsapp, I’m back on it . This time however, on better terms. All thanks to the Mautrix bridge and the Matrix protocol. Essentially, I can access my whatsapp account data on my regular phone or desktop using Elements’ pretty robust app system. Note that the whatsapp app however is either running on a Virtual Machine or in my case an old phone fronted with a VPN. Since whatsapp only needs the primary phone to connect with their servers once every two weeks, it’s pretty much just sitting there turned off while all the group and individual messages show up on the bridged element app. ...

Whoa..using Matrix as a commenting system! Quite an intriguing implementation.