Same on Mac except it’s an external drive that some mystery program is using.

Atheist married to a Catholic here: It’s not odd for religious people to share their religious perspective. It’s inextricably part of the fabric of their life and their worldview, and for them it’s relevant to the question OP asked.

“We need you to not retaliate because we’re not serious to begin with.”

So nobody ever makes you say “ever think about this” …?

I mean let’s be honest, that’s slightly better than US companies plus the Chinese Communist Party being able to do so.