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Pavel Durov

(1984) Computer Scientist

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Pavel Durov warns that WhatsApp can turn your photos and messages into public data, so you might delete it. He stresses that nobody should have to trust anyone blindly, especially on Telegram. He also notes that open APIs let developers build many versions of VK.

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Pavel Durov is a computer scientist.

Quick Facts About Pavel Durov

Born: October 10, 1984
Profession: Computer Scientist

About Pavel Durov

technology entrepreneur (born 1984)... | Pavel Valeryevich Durov is a technology entrepreneur. He is best known as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Telegram.

Quotes by Pavel Durov

I consider myself a legal citizen of the world.

Citizen

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I'm a big believer in Europe.

Believer

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I never want things to be dull.

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I'm motivated by curiosity.

Curiosity

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I'm out of Russia and have no plans to go back.

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I like to make fun of serious matters.

Comedy

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To put it simply, it doesn't matter how many other messaging apps are out there if all of them suck.

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Terrorists will always find a way to communicate. They will always find a solution.

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The global threat of 'Big Brother' can actually be conquered purely by technology.

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I don't like the idea of beating birds. I'm vegetarian.

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I realized I don't have a safe means of communications. That's how Telegram started.

Communication

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I believe that at some point we should come up with a business model that would make us sustainable.

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I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries.

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At Telegram we enjoy the luxury of not having to care about income streams or advertising.

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It's super-interesting to see what it's like to run the most popular social media platform in a country like Iran.

Country

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I think the big difference between most countries and the U.S., is that governments are more straightforward now about their intentions to…

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Every time WhatsApp has to fix a critical vulnerability in their app, a new one seems to appear in its place.

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When I turned 17, I created a website for the students at my University. It enabled students to share lectures and discuss…

Exams

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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…

Access

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We had a simple choice: Either betray our values or keep our values and leave Russia to try to do something new.

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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.…

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To give the personal details of Ukrainians to the Russian authorities would not only be against the law, but also a betrayal…

Betrayal

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My brother is a genius. When we went to Italy, he was on the local television channel as a prodigy, who could…

Brother

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Political oppositionary activity on the Russian Internet caused the government to pass laws limiting both service operators and users. As a result,…

Competitive advantage

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The U.S. can use its control over the dollar and the global financial system to shut down any bank or bank account…

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We think that providing this kind of secure private means of communication for the masses for 99.999 percent of people that have…

Communication

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If you get rid of emotion for a minute and think about the threat of terrorism statistically, it's not even there. The…

Israel

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Armed police at my apartment doors in 2011 was scary, but the sudden - and not exactly legal - takeover of 48…

April

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Telegram's popularity is spread evenly across continents. We have a substantial user base in Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Germany. Also in Brazil,…

America

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Despite this ever-increasing evidence of WhatsApp being a honeypot for people that still trust Facebook in 2019, it might also be the…

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I'm not afraid of anything. I'm not afraid to die, if I have to.

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We are not willing to compromise our values in order to increase our market share.

Compromise

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Me myself, I'm not a big fan of the idea of countries.

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Italian food is simple and healthy, and it's easier for a vegetarian to choose something from the menu.

Food

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I believe the role of the government is too big. Society must be more decentralized.

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The best legislative initiative - is the absence of one.

Absence

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To be truly free, you should be ready to risk everything for freedom.

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I'm a peaceful creature; I'm vegetarian. I don't like wars.

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I have a clean conscience and ideals that I am willing to defend.

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It's my responsibility to support the team behind Telegram.

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