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Messages, Not Metadata: Session with Kee Jefferys
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Messages, Not Metadata: Session with Kee Jefferys

"Even if everyone who's working on Session went away right now, the system would continue to run because there's no central server bills that we need to pay for."

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.

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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 models

  • Why open-source is so critical to messaging applications trying to prove their security

  • How Session could outlast its developers

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