I trust much more anything and anybody EU-based to protect my privacy than those based in almost any other country. For starters, in Spain communications' privacy is an explicit constitutional right. And at the EU level, while there is no explicit constitution, all the countries are bound by the ECHR and its court on this matter. It's not perfect but it's way better than countries that either have no privacy laws or explicitly request companies to allow unlimited government access to their users' data.

Privacy from data collection by companies is one thing, but privacy from government surveillance is another. Why do you suppose France is holding Pavel Durov?

https://reclaimthenet.org/telegram-founder-pavel-durov-slams...

> Do you trust the manufacturer?

Difficult, unless they've already manufactured a phone before, that I know very well. And on the other hand, if they're bing and have manufactured things before - some might be good and other bad. e.g. do you trust Samsung or Xiaomi for example? Do you trust Dell or Asus or Lenovo for laptops? No general answer really. Other than the fact that, at the bottom line, capitalist corporations are more committed to generating profit for the owners than benefit for the users/customers, and in that sense trust is inherently limited.

> What about their suppliers?

How would users know about the suppliers, or know whether suppliers are trustworthy? Also, same point as above.