Do Tech Companies Have The Storage Space Required To Store The Information Of World Population In case They Are Spying On Them? [closed]

My question is purely about the technical side.
Let’s take the case of Google Assistant on Android. The Assistant is always listening to what the user is saying and waiting for the phrase "Ok, Google" to respond to the user.
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I suspect that my mac laptop is infected with malware that can view all my activity. What should I do?

Is it sufficient to reformat with a new osx install. If so, can the malware persist in cloud syncing programs like adobe creative cloud, icloud, onedrive and google drive?

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Does viewing a shared link when logged in to my Google Account reveal my email address to an owner of files?

Does viewing (not editing/adding files/adding folders) of a publicly shared link on Google Drive (not Google Docs) reveal my:

email address;
avatar;
account name;

to the publisher?
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Can the Android "Always-on" VPN setting be relied upon to route all traffic through VPN?

If a user sets up a stock Android device to use a VPN and uses the "Always-on" setting, can they be sure[1] that no traffic will leak outside of the VPN?
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