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Log into your system with:
ssh myusername@mydomain -p 2222
-ssh myusername@mydomain -p 2222 +
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Go to the Administrator control panel and select Passwords then matrix. This will give you the password to initially log in to the system and you can change it later from a client app if needed.
@@ -303,19 +303,19 @@ Other client apps are available but are currently mostly only at the alpha stageIt's recommended that you add an SRV record for Matrix to your DNS setup. How you do this will depend upon your dynamic DNS provider and their web interface. On FreeDNS on the subdomains settings in addition to the subdomain which you are using for the matrix server create an extra entry as follows:
Type: SRV
+Type: SRV
Subdomain: _matrix._tcp
Domain: [youdomain]
Destination: 10 0 8448 [yourmatrixsubdomain]
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@@ -323,6 +323,15 @@ You may also want to make another entry with the same settings but replacing
+If you're using the Riot mobile app to access your Matrix homeserver then you can significantly improve battery performance by going to the settings and changing Sync request timeout to 30 seconds and Delay between two sync requests to 600 seconds. +
+Log into your system with:
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ Select Add/Remove Apps then pleroma. You will then be asked for aThe first thing you'll need to do is register a new account. You can set your profile details and profile image by selecting the small settings icon to the right of your name.
@@ -298,6 +298,23 @@ Once you have done that then you can disable further registrations from the A+If you prefer a Tweetdeck-style user interface, similar to Mastodon, then once you have registered an account navigate to /yourpleromadomainname/web and log in. +
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Use a Linux based phone operating system. Typically this will mean Android, but could also mean LineageOS or Replicant. LineageOS is the most preferable, because you can usually get an up to date image with a recent kernel which will give you better security against exploits. If you're buying a phone then look for a model which is supported by LineageOS. Replicant is the most free (as in freedom) but only runs on a small number of phone models. If you have a phone which runs a full GNU/Linux system then that's fantastic, and you can probably use it in much the same way as a desktop system and the rest of the advice on this page won't apply. If you don't have a phone capable of running a Linux based operating system then consider selling, giving away or bartering your existing one.
@@ -290,45 +290,45 @@ Why is it so important to run Linux on a phone? Aren't iThings supposed tSo maybe you're running Android and the phone came with some apps already installed. Almost certainly they'll be proprietary. Go to Settings/Apps and then uninstall or deactivate any apps which you really don't need. Mostly preinstalled apps are intended to send your data to companies who will then sell it to advertisers or governments under the business model of surveillance capital. It's not a good idea to get caught up in that, and to avoid becoming addicted to apps which are surveilling you without consent or installing spyware in the background without your knowledge.
Encrypt your phone. This can usually be done via Settings/Security and you may need to fully charge the phone first. Encryption means that if you lose your phone or it gets stolen then there is less chance that anyone who picks it up will get access to your data, photos and so on.
Installing F-droid and only adding any new apps via F-droid will ensure that you are always using free and open source software. Open source is not a panacea, since bugs can and do still occur, but it will help you to avoid the worst security and privacy pitfalls.
Add a lock screen, preferably with a password which is not easy for other people to guess or for quicker access with a PIN number. Install an app called Locker, activate it and set the maximum number of password guesses to ten (or whatever you feel comfortable with). If bad people get hold of your phone then they may try to brute force your lock screen password or PIN (i.e. automatically trying millions of common word and number combinations) and the locker app will prevent them from succeeding by resetting the phone back to its factory default condition and wiping the data.
Both governments and corporations want to compile matadata dossiers about you. Who you communicated with, when and how often. They want this so that they can data mine, simulate, predict and then ultimately influence (sometimes also called "nudge") your actions and preferences in the directions they prefer. By routing your connections through a number of proxy servers (Tor routers) you can make it perhaps not theoretically impossible but at least very hard for them to have a complete and accurate list of who your friends are, your religion, politics, likely health issues, sexual orientation and what news sites or books you read.
@@ -339,26 +339,26 @@ In F-droid under the repositories menu you can enable the guardian proThe easiest way to access email is by installing the Mailpile app. This keeps your GPG keys off of possibly insecure mobile devices but still enables encrypted email communications in an easy way. You can use K9 mail if you prefer, but that will require installing OpenKeychain and having your GPG keys on the device, which is a lot more risky.
For information on configuring various apps to work with Freedombone see the usage section. Also see advice on chat apps in the FAQ.
Even with free software apps it's not difficult to get into a situation where your battery doesn't last for long. To maximize battery life access RSS feeds via the onion-based mobile reader within a Tor-compatible browser and not from a locally installed RSS app.
@@ -366,12 +366,16 @@ Even with free software apps it's not difficult to get into a situation where yoIf you have Syncthing installed then change the settings so that it only syncs when charging and when on wifi. Avoid any apps which might be continuously polling and preventing the device from going into sleep mode when it's not used.
+ ++If you're using the Riot mobile app to access a Matrix homeserver then you can significantly improve battery performance by going to the settings and changing Sync request timeout to 30 seconds and Delay between two sync requests to 600 seconds. +
You can block known bad domains by editing the /system/etc/hosts file on your device. It is possible to use extensive ad-blocking hosts files used by other ad-blocking systems such as pi-hole, but merely blocking Facebook and Google Analytics will protect you against much of the corporate surveillance which goes on. Even if you don't have a Facebook account this may still be useful since they will still try to create a "ghost profile" of you, so the less data they have the better.