The mesj promise

Private conversation should never become advertising inventory.

mesj is being designed around a simple commitment: communication belongs to the people taking part in it.

  1. 1

    No advertising inside conversations

    Private chats, group chats and shared plans will not contain advertising.

  2. 2

    No sale of attention

    mesj will not sell what people say, who they speak to or when they are most likely to respond.

  3. 3

    No secretly paid recommendations

    A venue, activity or service must not appear more suitable merely because it paid to be shown.

    If mesj ever earns a commission from an action, that relationship must be clearly disclosed before the user acts.

  4. 4

    Deliberate external action

    Nothing from a private conversation should be submitted to an external search or recommendation service until a participant deliberately requests it.

    Before the request is sent, mesj shows the minimum information that will be used.

    Example

    • Dinner near Frodsham
    • Today at 6:30
    • For two people
    ContinueCancel

    Illustration of the consent step, not a live search.

  5. 5

    Plans belong to their participants

    Shared decisions and plans are controlled by the people taking part. They are not public content and are not used to build advertising profiles.

  6. 6

    Simplicity is a privacy feature

    mesj should remain useful on ordinary phones and poor connections.

    Complexity is added only when it removes more complexity from people's lives.

Private identity

A future version of mesj should allow people to participate without exposing their telephone number to every member of a plan.

Private invitation identities, usernames and passkeys are under investigation. This is research — not a currently available feature.

Encryption

A production version of mesj is intended to protect private messages and plans using established, independently scrutinised encryption — not a proprietary Quinn Labs cryptographic system.

Encryption must cover the actual production journey, including message delivery, devices, attachments and recovery. Any future claim will be made only after implementation and specialist review.

How could mesj be funded?

Possible models under investigation include:

mesj will not be funded by placing advertisements inside private conversations or selling private conversational data.