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Pavel Durov Discusses Telegram's Arrest, Revenue, and Privacy in France and Europe
Pavel Durov shared with Tucker about gifts.
You can listen to the interview directly in Russian (thanks to AI), but it sounds quite rough. We have prepared a brief summary for you.
We highlighted the most interesting topics for us (cryptos) and detailed them below. If you're interested, we strongly recommend watching the original.
Even with neural networks, much is understandable.
🤩 Arrest in France
Pavel arrived in France with his girlfriend for tourism, but he was met by the police. Initially, he didn't understand what was happening, then he was confused. His phone was taken, and he was taken to a room without a pillow.
It was allegedly because Telegram did not respond to requests from French authorities. He explained directly to a police officer that they were acting outside the laws of the European Union.
After the arrest, France learned how to properly draft legal requests, but in the media, it was presented as "their victory."
🤩 Where does Telegram’s money come from?
They devised a way to monetize Telegram without abusing user data. Last year, Telegram became profitable — more than $500,000, according to Durov.
They surpassed 1 billion users, making it the second most popular communication tool globally. Most features common to messaging apps first appeared in Telegram, then were copied by competitors after 3-8 years.
They issued bonds worth $1.7 billion. That’s quite modest.
No mention of gifts, stickers, or TON.
🤩 Freedom of speech
U.S. laws allow for backdoors in any device that could leak personal data. Moreover, these laws can pressure engineers/employees, who are obliged not to inform their superiors or colleagues.
France hasn't adopted laws that break encryption and require backdoors, but they are now pushing a similar law across the EU.
Any country can obtain your ID, IP, and phone number through legal requests.
They never disclose or will disclose personal message data! It’s a non-negotiable principle for them—better to stop working in a country than betray the conversations.
Although Telegram itself doesn't allow creating accounts elsewhere but through the official client, which collects data including geo-location and nearby devices, and questions remain about what happens with conversations stored on Telegram servers — see Moni Talks.
The meme that has become widespread — Durov doesn’t use a phone.
He takes it, tests new functions, and discards it. He doesn’t need it for life.
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