Recovery email only restores access to the account, so you can get future emails. But all data is lost, emails sent in the past (saved emails) are not recovered.
Probably "know your customer" selfie. Might be a picture of their ID, a picture of themselves, or a picture with both them and ID.
Possibly Mint mobile? They don't sell service in 1 month increments, only 3-12. So harder to switch to another carrier if you need to.
Red is the camera, blue is what you see in the picture