Why do you say Tails isn’t for you? If it’s because it’s inconvenient to use, I doubt you’re going to like Qubes.

I like a joke. That’s why I’m so fond of your understanding of firewalls.

Nobody was talking about Windows Firewall. You are clearly in the “fake it” phase of “fake it till you make it”. Otherwise you’d post your magical custom outgoing NAT rules.

Your initial comment implied that the default firewall rules of blocking all inbound connections was sufficient. Since you’re the one who’s making big claims I was hoping you would enlighten us with those firewall rules of yours.

Many attack vectors happen over your outbound connections. How would a router protect you against those?

It’s a nice way of telling you to look elsewhere.

No they don’t “completely scan your phone”. They’re doing plenty of awful stuff though. Why rely on hearsay and “small hints” if you can be scared based on facts? Here’s a starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_Safety#Controversies

I’m confused. Did you help dad or did you install Windows on his machine?