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I'm interested to see how they handle the Facebook messenger bridge since FB seems to rather aggressive about the bridge from logging in. I've been running Tul
by stryan 6y ago
I'm interested to see how they handle the Facebook messenger bridge since FB seems to rather aggressive about the bridge from logging in.
I've been running Tulir's bridge [0] for a few months now and my Facebook account gets locked out every week or so (requiring unlocking and a new password).
EDIT: Looking at the code, they use Tulir's bridge as well. I'd be..cautious about claming production level support with it due to the afore mentioned logout issue. Which is a shame since all of Tulir's bridges are high quality.
The bridgebox repo appears to be a bunch of bridges in docker containers. I wonder if it's really worth running the bridgebox and not a homeserver, versus using matrix-docker-ansible-deploy [1]. You already need the VPS space.
[0]: https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-facebook https://github.com/tulir/mautrix-facebook
[1]: https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
- erohead 6y agoAh well I make no claims to this being production level reliability. It's very much beta software. Very beta :) For those who have the capability of setting up a web server and configuring DNS, I would recommend using matrix-docker-ansible and host it all yourself. The bridgebox is actually designed to run on a raspberry pi, my plan is to give each user a free Pi to run their bridgebox. Send me a note on matrix, I'd love to chat! @eric:nova.chat
- GekkePrutser 6y agoJust wanted to ask: I signed up for the beta but did I commit to anything? I don't mind trying it out, but do we have to pay the $10 from the start and is there a minimum term?
- erohead 6y agoNo commitment at all. You can try it out first.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoThanks! One other Q: What about E2E security? Will you implement this for the comms between the bridges and the browsers? As I understand it I would run the bridges myself so it would make sense to have everything encrypted.
- erohead 6y agoYes there is encryption between your client and bridge.
- djsumdog 6y agoI just setup my homeserver as was going to add a FB bridge. That's an interesting thing to note. My server is located in another country so I was weary of launching the bridge to being with since that would probably immediately trigger a security alert. Not sure if it's worth it having my account continually locked out and needing to change my password.
- stryan 6y agoI'm in a similar situation: My bridge/homeserver is in Germany while I'm in the USA. I've been hanging out in the mautrix-facebook room for a while and as far as I can tell it's different for almost everyone. Some people have no problems, some people just can't use it. Personally, I had minimal problems at first, then no problems for a while, and then after upgrading am in the current state. Other people simply logged into facebook normally from their remote server (i.e using SSH tunneling or something) and then their problems were resolved. I'd give it a shot for a few days and see if you have a lot of trouble; It's not hard to disable a bridge if it becomes too much hassle. Personally I just add another character to my password and off I go the races, so the occasional five minutes of work for not having to deal with the app on my phone makes it worth it.
- erohead 6y agoMy latest trick is to run the FB bridge on a raspberry pi at home, behind my home IP. No problems with FB.