Setting up a Matrix server for Secure Encrypted Communications through almost all the channels you and your friends use.
With all the privacy issues these days I decided to check out alternatives to using standard services. With that I found Matrix which allows for a secure ‘slack like’ service that also has ‘bridges’ that let you connect to iMessage, Slack, Signal, Facebook even Twitter and Instagram. I have not fully configured this, this is mainly for my records purposes and I stole most of this from the excellent article I found called Running your own secure communication service with Matrix and Jitsi....