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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by tptacek on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:39PM (#18018907)
It's a U2F key, not a Y4.
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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by ryanlol on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:44PM (#18018946)
Definitely looks like a Y4 https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/wired
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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by excalibur on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @04:47PM (#18018966)
More significantly, it claims to be one.
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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by tptacek on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:05PM (#18020077)
Wait, whoah, they're giving away Y4s? I thought (clearly) they were U2F keys. Well, I guess I was wrong.
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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by graystevens on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:01PM (#18019579)
I thought the same, but according to Yubico themselves[0], it’s a Yubikey 4 with some branding. Unless that was a previous campaign?

[0] https://www.yubico.com/2018/02/wired-ars-technica-experts-ch...

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Re:The Mirai Botnet Architects Are Now Fighting Crime with t... by tptacek on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @07:05PM (#18020079)
^^ this is wrong
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