79 Quotes by Jan Koum

In some ways, you can think of end-to-end encryption as honoring what the past looked like.

Nobody should have the right to eavesdrop, or you become a totalitarian state - the kind of state I escaped as a kid to come to this country where you have democracy and freedom of speech.

We've taken SMS technology for consumers and improved it.

Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.

On my iPhone 3GS, I use 'Instagram', 'Twitter' and 'Touch'.

Users get unlimited 'WhatsApp'. We get happy users who don't have to worry about data. Carriers get people willing to sign up for data plans.

'WhatsApp' began as a simple idea: ensuring that anyone could stay in touch with family and friends anywhere on the planet, without costs or gimmicks standing in the way.

We're somewhat lucky here in the United States, where we hope that the checks and balances hold out for many years to come and decades to come. But in a lot of countries, you don't have these checks and balances.

I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood.