Telegram founder calls WhatsApp a “surveillance tool” with “planted backdoors” Posted on October 10, 2022 By Charlielikes On Thursday, Pavel Durov wrote in his Telegram channel that people should use any messaging app they like, “but do stay away from WhatsApp – it has now been a surveillance tool for 13 years.” Tech Tags:‘a, ‘with, backdoors”, calls, founder, planted, surveillance, tech, technology, telegram, tool, whatsapp: