Whenever technological advancement is made it can always be used both for good or for bad. Pavel Durov Read Quote
At Telegram we enjoy the luxury of not having to care about income streams or advertising. Pavel Durov Read Quote
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. I spend a few years there before my family returned to Russia. Pavel Durov Read Quote
Our growth relies solely on our users suggesting to their friends to download and use Telegram. Pavel Durov Read Quote
If you get rid of emotion for a minute and think about the threat of terrorism statistically, it’s not even there. The probability that you will slip on a wet floor in your bathroom and die is a thousand times higher than the probability of you dying as a result of terrorism. Pavel Durov Read Quote
Unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day, you should delete WhatsApp from your phone. Pavel Durov Read Quote
I hope Telegram will be able to rely on the community even more than VK since it’s a non-profit project that hopefully will be able to attract people who share the idea behind it. Pavel Durov Read Quote
I realized I don’t have a safe means of communications. That’s how Telegram started. Pavel Durov Read Quote
To give the personal details of Ukrainians to the Russian authorities would not only be against the law, but also a betrayal of those millions of people in Ukraine who trusted us. Pavel Durov Read Quote
Some things like the layout of the early VKontakte was very influenced by Facebook. Otherwise it could take ages for me to build, and I was not a professional designer. Pavel Durov Read Quote
