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I bridge WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and Slack using Matrix.
Works extremely well for me.
@scott TIL bridging exists, I'll check it out!
I'm out of the loop just learning privacy things, what's matrix?
Matrix is one area I've wanted to get into, but haven't managed to yet. How does bridging work?
Effectively it's a plugin to the Matrix server instance that acts like a client to the remote network. You can then interact with users on the remote networks like they're local to yours.
Sort of like interacting with users on Kbin or Mastodon on, say, lemmy.world.
It allows me to have, for example, a chat group with people on disparate networks. i.e. a "room" with users from Signal, WhatsApp and Slack having a discussion and everyone just chats without having to worry about who is where or using whichever network.
Say what now? Signal, Whatsapp, and Slack all talking together without a problem?
Yep. There's a whole lot of protocols/networks that you can bridge. They're just the ones I use.
Here's a list: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/
Oh wow. I didn't realize it had this capability. I need to dive into this nowโฆ