This might not be the right place to ask but I've been looking into matrix and am I right that if you don't want to rely on a central authority then you need to run your own homeserver, which at minimum requires a publicly accessibly HTTPS server?
Because while it's nice you can run your own instance those homeservers seem very public by default if you just want one for your personal use. Which makes it seem a bit risky if all you want is control over your username (well and optionally some bridges to replace e.g. signal and whatsapp but no way I'm connecting those to anything publicly accessible).
Because while it's nice you can run your own instance those homeservers seem very public by default if you just want one for your personal use. Which makes it seem a bit risky if all you want is control over your username (well and optionally some bridges to replace e.g. signal and whatsapp but no way I'm connecting those to anything publicly accessible).