matrix: expand on no one being safe, Kapsi and Pikaviestin downtime

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@ -382,7 +382,9 @@ My reasons for that are many and I am often proved correct in them.
##### Brief history of my experiences with dead homeservers ##### Brief history of my experiences with dead homeservers
Believe my concern on homeservers coming and going or not, no one is safe. Believe my concern on homeservers coming and going or not, no homeserver is
safe unless you happen to have backups on multiple independent ones. Or maybe
I am just personally unlucky?
1. 2018-09-07: [Disroot.org announced Matrix closure](https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure). 1. 2018-09-07: [Disroot.org announced Matrix closure](https://disroot.org/en/blog/matrix-closure).
1. 2019-04-12: [Matrix.org was compromised](https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/we-have-discovered-and-addressed-a-security-breach-updated-2019-04-12) 1. 2019-04-12: [Matrix.org was compromised](https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/we-have-discovered-and-addressed-a-security-breach-updated-2019-04-12)
@ -402,6 +404,9 @@ Believe my concern on homeservers coming and going or not, no one is safe.
happened there, but I am not an active member of their community and they happened there, but I am not an active member of their community and they
are volunteers like most of Matrix (excluding EMS and other paid homeserver are volunteers like most of Matrix (excluding EMS and other paid homeserver
offerings). offerings).
1. 2023-05-08 13:15 [Kapsi.fi](https://www.kapsi.fi/english.html) database
server physically died taking down their homeserver and
[pikaviestin.fi](https://www.pikaviestin.fi) which hosts my main account.
#### Why do you use Matrix URI scheme instead of matrix.to? #### Why do you use Matrix URI scheme instead of matrix.to?