100 million users Telegram

barcelona - The messaging Telegram has more than 100 million users. That's founder Pavel Durov said Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​according to Wired. May last year were that there are 60 million.

Although the number of users it does not come with Whatsapp (one billion users) and Facebook Messenger (800 million), present themselves every day 350 thousand new users, said Durov. Quot; And we have zero marketing budget. Quot;

The messaging service, which provides encryption of messages, came into full focus after the attacks in Paris. Allegedly were members of Islamic State have used the app for planning the attacks, mid-November. Although originally from Russia Durov not have talked about terrorism, he has previously said that regulating encryption terrorism will not stop. Quot; If you websites such Telegram would close the terrorists find that disagree. Quot; He was referring thereby to the fact that anyone who wants to use encryption, always can find another way to get it done.