I’ve been using a Logitech Trackball for many years - Ergo M575. It can connect via a dongle or bluetooth. Lasts for months on a single AA battery.

The beauty of a Trackball is it works anywhere - arm of a chair, on my leg, any table without a mouse pad.

Edit: sorry, the dongle is USB-A.

Your daughter’s Google account can be closed without appeal. All the memories gone. This less likely to happen using Proton or Tuta.

Sounds like you may have already read this. https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4387539/firefox-money-investigating-the-bizarre-finances-of-mozilla

I keep track of shows with https://next-episode.net

Never having used aniwave, I can’t say how it compares.

Briar is a messaging app that defaults to Tor. I have limited usage with Briar and have never used Telegram so I can’t say how they compare.

Every scam ends up on the news. I doubt if we can warn a wider audience than that.

https://www.mrlube.com/

Sure. From my bank, credit card and Mr. Lube (auto service shop). I haven’t noticed anything that indicated my data ended up in a breach. Just a few companies that abused my trust and sent me spam.

Easy to take a phone to a used car lot and enter a few vins

There are basically two classes of cars.

A “hard drive on wheels” which records events encase of an accident - a black box.

The other is a “smartphone on wheels”. These are the cars that have an eSim with a full-time internet connection.

Airplane mode - callers can leave a message. VoIP - it’s connected via wifi or mobile data. I’m in Canada but the three times I checked where my IP says I am, it was in UK or NL. Of course there are alternative OSs for androids.

This site may help you pick a car without a full-time connection. https://vehicleprivacyreport.com/report/