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Re:Solo – Open-source FIDO2 security key by drdaeman on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:29AM (#17781450)
Yubikey 4C is very fragile. Mine has quite severe cracks on its plastic casing after 4 months of casual use (nothing extreme!), and I expect it to break in some months.

YK4 (non-C) is quite robust, though.

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Re:Solo – Open-source FIDO2 security key by wrboyce on Friday August 17, 2018 @07:34AM (#17781974)
My experience has been the same, I've had a 4 for years and it is still going strong but my 4C died in less than 12 months; the USB-C connector is too flimsy.
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Re:Solo – Open-source FIDO2 security key by drdaeman on Friday August 17, 2018 @10:39AM (#17783113)
The connector itself is okay; it's just that the casing is poor. When it finally breaks apart, I'm going to try to cast the board in epoxy. Either I'll succeed, and it will be (hopefully) durable, or I'll completely ruin it - but it'll be broken by that time anyway.
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