Useful tools
Here you find some of the tools focused on privacy and sovereignty we talk about during our meetings.
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Generate your NOSTR key pair
On a desktop PC, generate here your NOSTR keys with a single click. Store safely your private key and do not send it over the internet.
Character counter 
Count how many characters are in a sentence.
AKA Profiles Extension
IDentity manager for signing events on NOSTR web apps. Useful on a desktop PC (on a smartphone use Amber), can manage many different IDs (nsec) on the same browser (Chrome or Chromium based, such as Maxthon Browser, Brave...).
Download/install for any OS
Tor browser
For navigating on web pages under the .onion protocol
Brave browser
Install automatically in Windows, install from ZapStore in Android. For Linux do not use the flat-pack, istall manually from the terminal and run with "brave-browser" command or add a link on the desktop.
Kleopatra/GPG
Not only for encrypting but also verifiyng the signatures of some dowloaded files
Veracrypt
Encrypt full volumes such as pendrives and hard disks
7Zip
Not only for zipping and unzipping files, but also for easily encrypting text files and verifying the checksum of downloaded files
Download/install in Windows
ByteScout Barcode and QR code generator
Must have tool for generating QR codes. Read any text, address, ect. from your smartphone without sending them on the web.
CodeTwo QR code generator and reader
As we said, this is less useful. This tool is deprecated, no longer maintained, but (if it works on your desktop PC) can also read QR codes through a connected webcam.
GPG for Win/Kleopatra
Encrypt and verify signatures
Maxthon browser
For Windows, Android, iOS and Mac
Download/install in Linux
List of QR code generators
For Linux QRcode UI softwares you have several options to choose from.
Download for Android
ZapStore
Install Zap Store and never use PlayStore again. Find the App you need (non manipulated or censored by Google) directly from the developer's GitHub, signed by himself or by ZapStore.
On your smartphone install AppVerifier first and verify ZapStore. You can then unistall AppVerifier and let ZapStore verify all future installations and updates (which will be fully automated).
You can install ZapStore also on a degoogled OS as Graphene OS.
Must have apps in Android:
Secuso QRcode scanner/generator; Keyman keyboard manager; Fair Email; Proton Mail; KeePassDX; Orbot; Amber; a web browser such as Brave Browser to use instead of Chrome and Tor Browser for pages under the .onion protocol. Install everything from ZapStore.
Do not use 𝗶OS devices
You are not free to install and use open source, verifiable and uncensored software on an Apple smartphone.