You know the interesting thing about encryption is that it cannot be secure just for some people. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
When you start giving interviews like the CEO of an established company, it's just wrong. — Pavel Durov Business Copy Share Image
Looking back, there hasn't been a single day in WhatsApp's 10 year journey when this service was secure. — Pavel Durov Day Copy Share Image
The political solutions proposed against encryption are not going to work against terrorism. — Pavel Durov Encryption Copy Share Image
Compromises lead you nowhere. You can't be happy doing something you don't believe in. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Facebook has long been part of surveillance programs, long before it acquired WhatsApp. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
As a foreign company and offshore entity we will not be obliged to comply with the rules of Russia, China, Saudi Arabia… — Pavel Durov Business Copy Share Image
The probability that we will get into a car accident is a million times higher than the probability we will suffer as… — Pavel Durov Accident Copy Share Image
It's super-interesting to see what it's like to run the most popular social media platform in a country like Iran. — Pavel Durov Country Copy Share Image
I think the big difference between most countries and the U.S., is that governments are more straightforward now about their intentions to… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
I was born in Leningrad, U.S.S.R., before my father got an appointment at a university in Italy and we moved to Italy.… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
We had a simple choice: Either betray our values or keep our values and leave Russia to try to do something new. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
To give the personal details of Ukrainians to the Russian authorities would not only be against the law, but also a betrayal… — Pavel Durov Betrayal Copy Share Image
Every time WhatsApp has to fix a critical vulnerability in their app, a new one seems to appear in its place. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Despite this ever-increasing evidence of WhatsApp being a honeypot for people that still trust Facebook in 2019, it might also be the… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
WhatsApp deliberately obfuscates their apps' binaries to make sure no one is able to study them thoroughly. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
We don't put a dollar toward marketing or advertising. I think we're more efficient than Facebook. — Pavel Durov Advertising Copy Share Image
Not everybody's actions are based on ideas. Some people's actions are based on profit. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed. — Pavel Durov Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Our growth relies solely on our users suggesting to their friends to download and use Telegram. — Pavel Durov Friends Copy Share Image
If you have WhatsApp and your phone goes down, you don't have access to your messages. You can't send documents and it's… — Pavel Durov Access Copy Share Image
When I turned 17, I created a website for the students at my University. It enabled students to share lectures and discuss… — Pavel Durov Exams Copy Share Image
WhatsApp has a consistent history - from zero encryption at its inception to a succession of security issues strangely suitable for surveillance… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
I hope Telegram will be able to rely on the community even more than VK since it's a non-profit project that hopefully… — Pavel Durov Community Copy Share Image
The first thing that we wanted to make clear is that nobody has to trust anybody. We don't take people's trust for… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Telegram is heavily encrypted and privacy-oriented, but we're no friends of terrorists - in fact, every month we block thousands of ISIS-related… — Pavel Durov Friends Copy Share Image
In my past, it looked like I could get into trouble in Russia - but I was not afraid then, and I'm… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Few people outside the Telegram fan community realize that most of the new features in messaging appear on Telegram first, and are… — Pavel Durov Community Copy Share Image
I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
This is a big debate concerning the values of the society in question: Whether the risk of a terrorist act is more… — Pavel Durov Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Any government that likes to call themselves democratic should welcome Snowden and allow him to live in their country. — Pavel Durov Country Copy Share Image
Obviously I do have political views - I'm a believer in the free-market economy; I also believe that without competition and respect… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
In my days in Russia, I visited some very rich guys. I visited big ships, private airplanes, houses - and I know… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Maybe we shouldn't be too dependent on politicians trying to make us believe that we are safe only because of their actions. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
VK is famous for its competitions among third-party developers who build alternative versions of VK on its open API. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
