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Signal is E2EE. While it does use notifications, there is no meaningful unencrypted content in them. The content of the notification you see is decrypted on-device.

Bold of you to assume your request to delete actually does that. I guess, unless you are protected by GDPR.

This whole topic makes me realize I put disjointed thoughts in parentheses within other thoughts way too often. Maybe em dashes are literary functions for people with ADHD to write the way they think?

/s, sort of, I would say I’m ADHD, but too stubborn to seek a diagnosis.

We are pepper sauce soul mates, lol. Those are both my go-to sauces.

The “record” is a SMS verification code. All that will tell the government is that you registered for Signal, nothing else.

Signal doesn’t use SMS at all, once you have enrolled. The phone number is used to validate people and exclude bots, during registration. As others have noted, you can hide your number from other users, as well.

They can “request” it all day long. Signal doesn’t store them beyond the time needed to deliver to the end user device, and while (temporarily) stored, it’s encrypted in a way Signal’s service cannot read.

Good point

It’s common, but you may also want to check your blood pressure, too. Could be a sign of elevated blood pressure.

Does SSH have to be your only way? Could you deploy something like Tailscale? Can you restrict the allowed IP ranges on SSH with a firewall rule?

ATV is the only box I recommend. I’m anti-Google, don’t trust Amazon (and now their service is going to do ads on a paid Prime membership), and Roku has major privacy issues at least in the past. Curious why you’re seeking an alternative to Apple.