Applications to read QR codes

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Let's get back to talking about QR codes given that they are increasingly part of our daily lives. Precisely for this reason we have already seen in the article QR Scanner how important it is to have an application Open source, without tracers and without advertising. You rightly pointed out to us that there are also many other applications for reading QR codes so we decided to create a small list. This way if also QR Scanner If you don't like it you will be spoiled for choice!

As you can check yourself through the site Exodus Privacy practically all the applications present within Google Play contain tracers. Some exaggerate and manage to reach up to 16 tracers and to require 13 permits to operate ¹.

So here are our suggestions for reading QR codes

All our proposals in this article are strictly Open source, free, without tracers and without advertising!

• Barcode Scanner, this application's library is the basis of almost all the ones we generally use. If you see, in fact, there are many applications for reading QR codes that use the XZing library. This application is free, simple and without any tracer nor advertising ². Really ideal. However, you can only find it on Google Play;

• QR & Barcode ScannerWe also really like this application because it can be easily downloaded anywhere. It allows you to read all codes in the most common formats including QR, EAN, Data Matrix and many others. It also allows you to export codes and manage a multitude of actions. You can also create your own QR code. You can find it on Google Play, on F-Droid, on theAmazon Appstore It is on'AppGallery Of Huawei.

• QR Scanner (PFA), SECUSO applications are all simple and work well (Tape Measure, Pedometer, openScale). We often recommend them and therefore this one is no exception. If you need a QR scanner without too many frills that will certainly work without problems then this is certainly the right choice.

• Binary Eye, this is also a very interesting and simple to use application for read and also to create QR codes. Also in this case the permits are reduced to the bare minimum and there is none tracer disturbing ready to follow us everywhere ³. This application is very simple and light and has less features than the previous one. You can find it both on F-Droid what up Google Play:

• SecScanQR, another application for read QR codes with simplicity. SecScanQR It only requires two permissions to run and contains no advertising. You can only find it on F-Droid.
• QR Analyzer ⁴, this application goes a little further because it also analyzes the QR code to understand if it may contain something unclear.

And to create QR codes?

In addition to the above-mentioned application Binary Eye you can also easily do this with DuckDuckGo. Just go up Duckduckgo.com and write the sentence: QR https://www.lealternative.net.

You will immediately be shown the QR code which you can simply download. If you have it like Search engine default you can also write it directly in the address bar! Thanks for suggested to us this alternatives on our group Telegram!

Even with i Browsers. Furthermore, it is Firefox That Brave they allow you to quickly and simply create a QR code of the site you are visiting.

The project also exists Open source ⁵ LibreQR which allows you to generate and customize QR codes.

1. Report on Exodus[↩]
2. Barcode Scanner on Exodus Privacy[↩]
3. Binary Eye on Exodus Privacy[↩]
4. source code by QRAnalyzer[↩]
5. LibreQR[↩]

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