I was late to reply but this question is good. Here's the answer why I do not trust my country and trust foreign countries. No offense please, it is just my thoughts and personal opinion after years if being treated well by my own government.
Imagine this: You are a US citizen, and during COVID your kid gets a rash on their ass. You take a photo and send it to the doctor via some google service. Then google flags it, reports you to the police, and now you're in "the game", even though you did nothing wrong and were a responsible parent.
Same thing but if you had used a chinese service like Tencent (i do not know what they have as apps), nobody would care what medical images you're sending. So, who’s actually the bigger risk to your privacy and security?
And this is only the basic use case. Now imagine you're a drug dealer and you want to host your blog post explaining what experiments you did in your basement with different compounds. I guess north korean hosting companies will be your best bet.
And also I am pretty sure the opposite direction works as well, if you want to say that your president looks like a certain animated character, better use some US or EU company that have no business interests in your country.
Imagine this: You are a US citizen, and during COVID your kid gets a rash on their ass. You take a photo and send it to the doctor via some google service. Then google flags it, reports you to the police, and now you're in "the game", even though you did nothing wrong and were a responsible parent.
Same thing but if you had used a chinese service like Tencent (i do not know what they have as apps), nobody would care what medical images you're sending. So, who’s actually the bigger risk to your privacy and security?
And this is only the basic use case. Now imagine you're a drug dealer and you want to host your blog post explaining what experiments you did in your basement with different compounds. I guess north korean hosting companies will be your best bet.
And also I am pretty sure the opposite direction works as well, if you want to say that your president looks like a certain animated character, better use some US or EU company that have no business interests in your country.