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Can someone explain this? > “Yubikey cost Google less than their own authenticator app,” Ehrensvärd said, and there have been no account takeovers since the pr
by masonhensley 8y ago
Can someone explain this?
> “Yubikey cost Google less than their own authenticator app,” Ehrensvärd said, and there have been no account takeovers since the program was implemented, Google says.
- tln 8y agoPerhaps he is factoring is the human cost. Yubikeys save a couple of minutes multiple times per day.
- pc86 8y agoI took it as the cost of just purchasing Yubikeys for everyone was less than the payroll and associated costs of developing the Authenticator app. But I could either interpretation (or both) being correct.
- organsnyder 8y agoCould also be the security benefit. Authenticator-style apps are still vulnerable to MITM attacks, where physical keys are not.