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
I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries. — Pavel Durov Dependent Copy Share Image
At Telegram we enjoy the luxury of not having to care about income streams or advertising. — Pavel Durov About Copy Share Image
Terrorists will always find a way to communicate. They will always find a solution. — Pavel Durov Always 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 How 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
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
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
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 App 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
Unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day, you should delete WhatsApp from your phone. — Pavel Durov Becoming 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
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
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 Case 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
The political solutions proposed against encryption are not going to work against terrorism. — Pavel Durov Encryption 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
When you start giving interviews like the CEO of an established company, it's just wrong. — Pavel Durov Business 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
Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed. — Pavel Durov Cybersecurity 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
Facebook has long been part of surveillance programs, long before it acquired WhatsApp. — Pavel Durov Before 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
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 Born 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 Big 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
