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Re:Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient an... by cyberpunk on Monday April 19, 2021 @01:41PM (#26865724)
I store a 32 char random string on a yubikey and have it setup so a “long press” on it enters it, works pretty well...
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Re:Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient an... by Godel_unicode on Monday April 19, 2021 @02:15PM (#26866171)
I'm curious why you use this and not the Windows integration with yubikey?

https://www.yubico.com/products/computer-login-tools/

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Re:Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient an... by cyberpunk on Monday April 19, 2021 @04:17PM (#26867472)
I'm on a Mac and couldn't be arsed setting it up properly ;) It's fairly easy to put a static OTP on two keys incase I lose one also instead of trying to register two with the OS.

Also I can use it for various other things (like password manager secret etc) which don't support yubis out of the box.

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