My working theory is that by making it difficult for the average user to activate end-to-end encrypted chats, especially compared to industry standards, and by

My working theory is that by making it difficult for the average user to activate end-to-end encrypted chats, especially compared to industry standards, and by positioning the service as an 'anything goes' platform, Mr. Durov might have created the world's largest Kompromat machine. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat