Trezor is a solid choice. https://trezor.io

I'm shocked there isn't a constant media outrage

The media is generally owned by very wealthy people and, as a result, reports in ways that benefit the rich and powerful. Centralization of media is very bad for democracy.

I believe, if you use Headscale (https://github.com/juanfont/headscale) as your server, and just the CLI, it's all open source.

Maybe it'll be used like "no loitering" laws. Often not enforced, but useful when you don't like something and can call it illegal.

Which part?

Firefox is the good option. It is not controlled by Google.

Yes, but when good options exist, why give thought to which bad option is less bad?

Mullvad is no longer ideal for torrenting because they discontinued port forwarding. Airvpn is a good alternative that still provides port forwarding.