…they will have to ask your permission to have

I thought we had already established the concept of stealing?

Maybe they also don’t socialize because they never actually go out either. Just a bunch of asocials sitting in their respective moms basement trolling away.

They never actually said this. Some MS Engineer did and the press ran with it.

I would classify them as full democracies but if you want hard numbers I would check your countries score here

Mailbox.org is great! Has many benefits and can be fairly cheap. (A few € a month)

Just make a proper threat level analysis. Are you a journalist or politically exposed person in a non-democratic or semi democratic system?
No?
Are you in a key position of a company or agency providing (for) critical infrastructure?
No?
Are you just a little shit, trolling on the internet?*
Yes? Maybe just dial that back.

Verdict: You are of no interest for a state sponsored Spy Software or some script kiddy trying to wreck your day.

*Hypothetical situation. Does not necessarily apply to the OP.