How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag?

Posted by faheemitian on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:13PM
from the self-post dept.

I didn't want to buy it because of the price tag, however, now since I have at least three good use-cases I feel like it's worth the cost. I intend to use it for GPG storage, GMail 2FA, and LastPass 2FA.

What are a few other good use-cases? How are you using it? Are there any cheaper alternatives?

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by exolymph on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:20PM (#16989548)

Almost every other form of 2FA/MFA makes me nervous. I have three YubiKeys (one for my purse, one backup at home, and one unused). I only use them to secure various accounts.

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by faheemitian on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:54PM (#16991879)

Most people seem to have a backup one

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by sharjeelaziz on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:17PM (#16989517)

Yes, I use it a lot. Gives me the freedom to carry my encryption keys (GPG) with me securely and I am able to use it on several systems.

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by faheemitian on Thursday May 03, 2018 @04:19PM (#16989542)

Can you specify a few good use cases?

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by sharjeelaziz on Thursday May 03, 2018 @05:03PM (#16989955)

I use it to store my GPG key and as a U2F key for my Google account.

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by stop5 on Thursday May 03, 2018 @05:01PM (#16989932)

logging in to github, google, your own PC, ... key to keepassxc saves multiple (x509) certificates

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Re:How are you using YubiKey? Is it worth $40 tag? by faheemitian on Thursday May 03, 2018 @05:10PM (#16990011)

Great. Do Macs let you login with these? Let me google that.

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