We don't put a dollar toward marketing or advertising. I think we're more efficient than Facebook. — Pavel Durov Advertising 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
Not everybody's actions are based on ideas. Some people's actions are based on profit. — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Facebook has long been part of surveillance programs, long before it acquired WhatsApp. — Pavel Durov 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
You know the interesting thing about encryption is that it cannot be secure just for some people. — 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
When you start giving interviews like the CEO of an established company, it's just wrong. — Pavel Durov Business 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
