Looks like the US is not the country of choice anymore. Setting a profile to public means gets to see all those things you that may be embarrassing, career limiting, life threatening etc.

Time to stay away from the USA.

Not in Australia where it is illegal for the police to touch your phone.

Totally agree about WhatsApp as I no longer use it due FB shenanigans. A lot of people do though which is interesting as it so easy to move.

Using things like Signal and WhatsApp may reduce your footprint further.

I’ve used wifi calling from hotel rooms overseas as well as locations where mobile coverage is poor and it works fine. I suspect (not know) that the voice network provider knows pretty much where your location is though.

I prefer Microsoft Hotmail as they are way behind Google when it comes to monetisation.

It depends on what the publishers publish for. If it’s money then Peertube is probably not attractive.