Revolut has a single-use card feature. The (virtual) card regenerates with a new number after each purchase.

Thank you, some great recommendations!

Depending on your ISP and router you might be able to install WireGuard on it. More generally self-hosting a VPN is pretty straightforward.

Well that’s because Telegram is likely the state messaging app they’re talking about! 😄

Awesome news! Recently migrated from lemm.ee to piefed.social and europe.pub so very much looking forward to being able to use Mlem for both.