Pavel Durov told a lot of interesting things in a new interview with Tucker Carlson.:
He was illegally detained in France: without a warrant, without trial, without communication — 4 days in solitary confinement.
Telegram transmits IP addresses and phone numbers in accordance with court requests, but not correspondence. France is no exception. If the authorities needed a backdoor, Telegram would have withdrawn from the market.
Telegram's revenue over the past year has exceeded $500 million, mainly due to subscriptions.
The company is offering bonds with the support of JP Morgan.
Durov practically does not use a smartphone — this makes it difficult to concentrate and increases the risks of surveillance. His personal phone was once infected with Pegasus.