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Messages, Not Metadata: Session with Kee Jefferys
Wednesday, 5 March, 2025

Kee Jefferys (@JefferysKee) is the technical co-founder of Session, the end-to-end encrypted messenger that emphasizes user confidentiality and anonymity. Session uses a blockchain-based decentralized network for message transmission and is open-source, so the system can be run entirely by its community. In this episode, Kee explains the importance of reducing metadata, the challenges of centralization, and the role of incentives in creating a decentralized network. Contributor is looking for a community manager! If you want to know more, shoot us an email at eric@scalevp.com.Subscribe to Contributor on Substack for email notifications!In this episode we discuss:Why the demand for better privacy has increased How Session differs from other encrypted messaging platforms Combining encryption and incentive modelsWhy open-source is so critical to messaging applications trying to prove their securityHow Session could outlast its developersLinks:Session