Pavel Durov: Apple and Google should create their own states

The creator of the popular social network VKontakte and the rapidly growing popularity of the telegram messenger Pavel Durov has recently become a hero of news reports. Not so long ago, hundreds of media outlets in vain discussed his uncompromising stance on independence from the authorities and special services when he was personally approached by the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov with a request to register Telegram in the Russian Federation. This time, Durov surprised everyone again by offering large corporations like Apple and Google to establish their own independent states.

On his own channel in Telegram Pavel Durov published a link to an article from the portal The Baffler, which tells how in 2016 the FBI agents tried to bribe the employees of his new American company. With the material you can see here at this link . Durov says that the FBI can easily introduce tracking of personal correspondence or wiretapping to almost any service with the help of a legal procedure known as "gag order". In this case, the owners of the service and its developers will sign a document on the non-disclosure of this information. The creator of Telegram asked a logical question: how can large successful companies reduce pressure from governments and intelligence agents, and also maintain their independence and trust of users? He tried to imagine that he had to endure the leaders of Apple, Google, Microsoft, and came to extremely disappointing conclusions.

"All this makes the protection of personal information incredibly complex, especially considering that Apple and Google - the companies on which we directly depend due to their mobile operating systems - are located in the United States. While I do not see an easy solution to this problem. We can only hope that giants like Apple and Google will one day become completely independent of the governments that prevent the implementation of their ideas. Perhaps, it will be achieved if they create their own independent states, "Durov reflects.

Durov sums up his reflections by stating that he will continue to develop Telegram and protect the data of his users from the curiosity of the special services. He does it at any cost, even if the so-called gag order lies on his desk. He admits that in the future, because of such views, serious problems can arise, such as those that persecuted him in Russia. But he can look to the future only from this position, so he has no regrets.

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