The Creator of the popular social network Vkontakte and is rapidly gaining popularity of the messenger Telegram Pavel Durov recently often becomes a hero the news reports. Not long ago, hundreds of media excitedly discussed his adamant stance on independence from the authorities and special services, when he personally addressed the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov with a request to register Telegram in the Russian Federation. This time the actor is once again surprised all by proposing large corporations like Apple and Google to establish their own independent state.
On its own channel in the Telegram Pavel Durov published a link to an article from The Baffler, telling about how in 2016, the FBI agents tried to bribe the officers of his new American company. With the material you can find here at this link. Durov says that the FBI is able to easily implement the tracking of personal correspondence or wiretap virtually any service through a legal procedure known as a “gag order”. The owners of the service and its developers will sign a non-disclosure document this information. The Creator of Telegram asked himself a question: how large successful companies to reduce pressure from governments and intelligence agents, as well as to maintain their independence and the trust of users? He tried to imagine having to go through the heads of Apple, Google, Microsoft, and came to very disappointing conclusions.
“All this makes the protection of personal information is incredibly complex, especially considering that Apple and Google – companies that we directly depend for their mobile operating systems – located in the United States. I do not see a simple solution to this problem. We can only hope that the giants like Apple and Google will one day be fully independent from the governments that hinder the embodiment of their ideas. It is possible to achieve this work, if they will create their own independent state,” says Durov.
The actor sums up his thoughts by stating that he will continue to develop Telegram and protect your privacy from the curiosity of the intelligence services. To do this he plans at any cost, even if before him on the table lie the so-called gag order. He admits that in the future it is because of such views can cause serious problems, such as those pursued in Russia. But look to the future, he may only with such a position, so there are no regrets he does not.
Pavel Durov: Apple and Google should create their own state
Sergey Grey