Well I wasn’t trying to, exactly. Just trying to convey that RAID5 is not considered reliable and that I was urging the commenter to ensure they have a backup if that’s what they are going to use. Regardless of how you configure your NAS, you can always lose data by mistake.

Please consider RAID6 or ensure your data is fully backed up. RAID5 falls flat if a drive fails during resilvering the array.

At least on an iPhone, if the device has been unlocked since powering on, then forensic tools such as Cellebrite’s can extract information from the phone. The absolute safest bet is to perform a wipe. If this person is an activist then he’s an easy target and likely knew to be prepared for such an interrogation with our current fascist administration.

Perhaps, but I’m not expecting OP to be up for that. If they are, then you should offer some instructions to them.

No. The music on that iPod is almost guaranteed to be protected by DRM. If you could extract the files they would not be readable by any other device.

Imagine being the guy working on this and how much you hate yourself anytime somebody asks you what you are working on.