New in version 0.8.0
The bridge can optionally encrypt messages between Matrix users and the bridge to hide messages from the homeserver. Using Postgres is strongly recommended when using end-to-bridge encryption.
To enable it, first make sure the bridge is installed with the e2be optional dependency. After that, simply enable the option in the config (bridge → encryption). If you only set allow: true, the bridge won't enable encryption on its own, but will work in encrypted rooms. If you set default: true, the bridge will automatically enable encryption in new portals.
Legacy instructions
Shared secret login
Prior to mautrix-telegram v0.9.0 / mautrix-python v0.8.0, you had to configure login_shared_secret. In new versions, you only need a homeserver with MSC2778 support, i.e. Synapse 1.21 or later.
Registration file workaround
In mautrix-telegram v0.8.0 release candidates, you had to manually apply a workaround for MSC2190. In newer versions (mautrix-telegram v0.8.0+, mautrix-python v0.5.0-rc3+) the workaround is applied automatically to all newly generated registration files. For old registration files, you can either regenerate the file or apply the workaround manually:
- Change
sender_localpart in the registration to something else. Any random string will do.
- Add a new entry in the
users array for the bridge bot (the previous value of sender_localpart). If you used the default telegrambot, the result should look something like this:
- Using the
as_token, make a call to register the bot user. It's fine if this says the user is already in use.