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> there's little excuses Yikes that statement has a lot of moral overtones. Is it a good idea to use a Yubi? Arguably yes. Does one need to find "excuses" f
by unit91 8y ago
> there's little excuses
Yikes that statement has a lot of moral overtones. Is it a good idea to use a Yubi? Arguably yes. Does one need to find "excuses" for not doing so? The vast majority of the time, no.
- lima 8y agoNo moral overtones intended, the point being that the low cost and the form factor significantly lowers the barrier to entry. I've been using a GPG smart card for a long time, and it required a separate card reader, and both card and reader were easy to break. A YubiKey 4 fits on a keychain, is hard to break (though some of my colleagues succeeded) and you just plug it in.
- amaccuish 8y agoI like my smartcards. Bummed they didn't catch on. How do you feel about losing the PIN and using a password? I like how, if I'm at my desk using a hardware PIN pad, it's much less likely i'll have problems.
- lima 8y agoFor SSH, it's fine. The hardware PIN pad does not show which server I'm logging into, so it adds little extra security.
- Latty 8y agoI think the intent was more that security keys greatly reduce the friction associated with more secure practices, reducing the reasons to use less secure ones.