Our growth relies solely on our users suggesting to their friends to download and use Telegram. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Facebook has long been part of surveillance programs, long before it acquired WhatsApp. — 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 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
Looking back, there hasn't been a single day in WhatsApp's 10 year journey when this service was secure. — Pavel Durov 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 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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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
In my past, it looked like I could get into trouble in Russia - but I was not afraid then, and I'm not afraid… — Pavel Durov 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 Telegram for… — Pavel Durov 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 on your… — Pavel Durov 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 exams, and… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Any government that likes to call themselves democratic should welcome Snowden and allow him to live in their country. — 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 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
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 not private. — 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 case that… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
