We are not willing to compromise our values in order to increase our market share. — Pavel Durov Compromise Copy Share Image
I believe the role of the government is too big. Society must be more decentralized. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Italian food is simple and healthy, and it's easier for a vegetarian to choose something from the menu. — Pavel Durov Food Copy Share Image
Some things like the layout of the early VKontakte was very influenced by Facebook. Otherwise it could take ages for me to… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
There's always a risk that your iPhone can be stolen, and the people who stole it can use the data, your private… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day, you should delete WhatsApp from your phone. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
For WhatsApp to become a privacy-oriented service, it has to risk losing entire markets and clashing with authorities in their home country. — Pavel Durov Country Copy Share Image
Governments should be smaller. In fact, governments and countries in general are less important than we think they are. They take credit… — Pavel Durov Credit Copy Share Image
The No. 1 reason for me to support and help launch Telegram was to build a means of communication that can't be… — Pavel Durov Communication Copy Share Image
WhatsApp doesn't only fail to protect your WhatsApp messages - this app is being consistently used as a Trojan horse to spy… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
In America they started to refer to Telegram as 'ISIS's preferred messaging app,' But in reality there are many more legitimate users. — Pavel Durov America Copy Share Image
We think that providing this kind of secure private means of communication for the masses for 99.999 percent of people that have… — Pavel Durov Communication Copy Share Image
Armed police at my apartment doors in 2011 was scary, but the sudden - and not exactly legal - takeover of 48… — Pavel Durov April Copy Share Image
If you get rid of emotion for a minute and think about the threat of terrorism statistically, it's not even there. The… — Pavel Durov Israel Copy Share Image
Political oppositionary activity on the Russian Internet caused the government to pass laws limiting both service operators and users. As a result,… — Pavel Durov Competitive advantage Copy Share Image
The U.S. can use its control over the dollar and the global financial system to shut down any bank or bank account… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
My brother is a genius. When we went to Italy, he was on the local television channel as a prodigy, who could… — Pavel Durov Brother Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost… — Pavel Durov Better way Copy Share Image
Telegram's popularity is spread evenly across continents. We have a substantial user base in Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Germany. Also in Brazil,… — Pavel Durov America Copy Share Image
Terrorists will always find a way to communicate. They will always find a solution. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
To put it simply, it doesn't matter how many other messaging apps are out there if all of them suck. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
The global threat of 'Big Brother' can actually be conquered purely by technology. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
I believe that at some point we should come up with a business model that would make us sustainable. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
I realized I don't have a safe means of communications. That's how Telegram started. — Pavel Durov Communication Copy Share Image
At Telegram we enjoy the luxury of not having to care about income streams or advertising. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Whenever technological advancement is made it can always be used both for good or for bad. — Pavel Durov Advancement Copy Share Image
