“I think that we are witnessing an exciting competition for users. Usually, when a competitor is accused of all serious sins, this means that he (the competitor) took away a serious market share from the accused, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
According to Volin, this competition is beneficial to users, as this helps to improve services.
“And users will draw conclusions themselves,” he added.
Along with this, Volin noted all people using a smartphone are at risk of becoming a victim of software vulnerabilities.
“This is a choice between security and convenience. Everyone decides for himself. But we definitely don’t need to keep on the smartphone what we under no circumstances want to share with anyone, ”he concluded.
Earlier, Durov advised users to remove the WhatsApp messenger due to security problems.