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I can't even begin to say how much I love my Yubikey. I use it for 2FA, but also storing my GnuPG keys and handling SSH logins. It's comforting knowing that I'm not leaving SSH keys sitting behind on the various machines I use throughout the day. It's not that I every have a reason to actually use GnuPG, but having my key stored on a tamper resistant piece of hardware sure seems like a moral victory.
https://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey-5-overview/
https://www.straybits.org/post/2018/gpg-yubikey5/
I always carry a copy of Tails Linux on a USB drive on my key ring. It gives me a reasonably secure portable computing environment and the the ability to store an encrypted volume with some of my more important files.
It may not be the fastest/best USB thumb drive, but the Corsair Voyager Vega is my current favourite. It's tiny with a durable metal body that survives keyring duty well. It's not blazingly fast, but it's fine.
I love Cryptomator. Cryptomator is an app that sits on top of your cloud storage provider of choice and provides encrypted vaults to store your more sensitive files. It's great. It's convenient. The apps are beautiful. Files are written individually (with filenames encrypted), unlike options like VeraCrypt where you are creating a single encrypted volume, so syncing is efficient. I like the separation of storage and security (seems like a lot of things would have to go wrong for someone to steal my more sensitive files).
Signal is my current preferred instant messenger and I use it for most of my personal contacts.
One feature of Signal that I love is the "Note to Self" option which allows sending a note to yourself. I use this all the time to move sensitive information between devices. It's phenomenally helpful.
GrapheneOS is a security hardened de-Googled Android operating system for Pixel phones. My daily driver is still an iPhone, but I really love my Pixel 3A with this OS.