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Then each operating system has its own method for adding the key to the login. Now that is a lot of PINs to remember so you might want to label each device instead (or have some random set of digits and then a scheme for each one so the PINs are memorable but a little different). You have to configure all of these across all your devices.

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The keys have default PINs and PUKs and Management keys (eg encryption keys), so you need to download the Manager to set them (and you should have something like 1Password to save them all twice for sure). So then you need a few things.įirst, you need to load the Yubikey Manager. Now with Macs, you have the biometrics there as well so that is safer for sure and most Windows machines have a fingerprint reader, but the Linux machines we use don't. This is safer because you need the key and your pin to get into your machine. The first is to allow logins to your machine without a password. Personally, I'll probably wait to get the Yubikey C Bio edition as PINs are a pain and the fingerprint is yet another more secure factor. For me, the biometrics in the Apple (and Android) devices are pretty strong now so I'm not sure how much they are needed if you stay in Apple land, but if you have Linux and Windows this can make sense for logins and website authentication. So the net is that there is not the perfect device out there with NFC, USB C, and Fingerprint on it, so you get to decide what you want to secure more.

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So there is no free lunch in this and the Bio edition is $90 and out of stock so there. The biometric one is called the Yubikey C Bio-Fido Edition and has a USB C port but no NFC in it. The best device is probably the 5C NFC because late-model iOS devices all have NFC support that is iPhone 7 and higher. You can get the Yubikey 5C NFC which is USB C and NFC or the Yubikey 5Ci which is USB and Lightening for $55 and $75 respectively.

The Yubikey site is beyond complicated and the chooser makes it really unclear what the right device is well unobtainium. What keys to buying now? With the Apple move to USB C for everything not yet happening, the ideal key is one that has USB C, Lightening, and NFC for devices that support it.

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The Yubikey 4C uses a PIN code as the additional factor, but there are others that have a fingerprint reader and connect via USB C so is mainly useful on desktops and iPads but not mobile, but I did get it to work.

For someone like me, I need more than eight of them and would need to put them on every physical keychain I have.

How many keys to get? The right keys are hard to get, but you want at least two keys (so I want four of them), so if you lose the one on your keychain, you are not toast.

Using 1Password is great, but for certain things, it is necessary to have a physical key, so here is what I learned: Plus, Apple is trying to get everyone to be passwordless and that is a good thing. But with all the concerns about security, I've always wanted to understand this. Well, I've had an old Yubikey 4C around for ages and tried to get it to work a few years ago.