Related to #681 (Github Pull Request)

Fixes #696 (Github Issue)

Fixes #685 (Github Issue).

Related to 23daec748c and #662 (Github Issue).

Fixes #562 (Github Issue)

Fixes #586 (Github Issue)

Related to #557 (Github Pull Request).

Related to #540 (Github Pull Request).

Related to #551 and #555 (Github Pull Requests).

We can undo this once https://github.com/ma1uta/ma1sd/issues/44 gets
resolved.

Note the potential breaking change

Resolves #474

Related to #454 (Github Pull Request).

Related to #436 (Github Pull Request).

Related to #425 (Github Pull Request).

Related to #386 (Github Pull Request)

Related to #339 (Github Pull Request).

Prompted by: https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/09/avoiding-unwelcome-visitors-on-private-matrix-servers

This is a bit controversial, because.. the Synapse default remains open,
while the general advice (as per the blog post) is to make it more private.

I'm not sure exactly what kind of server people set up and whether they
want to make the room directory public. Our general goal is to favor
privacy and security when running personal (family & friends) and corporate
homeservers, both of which likely benefit from having a more secure default.

Fixes #255 (Github Issue).

Fixes #71 (Github Issue).