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Does anyone know if Google allows registering more than 2 keys? Like what if i want to register 3 or 4 keys for advanced protection?
by borplk 8y ago
Does anyone know if Google allows registering more than 2 keys?
Like what if i want to register 3 or 4 keys for advanced protection?
- chimeracoder 8y ago> Does anyone know if Google allows registering more than 2 keys? Like what if i want to register 3 or 4 keys for advanced protection? Most sites do. Google and Github both allow multiple U2F keys (note that this means any key can be used to unlock your account, not that all are required). Of all the large and popular sites that support U2F, the only one that I'm aware of that only allows one key is Twitter.
- mimming 8y agoYes google does. The spec strongly encourages providers to allow multiple keys, and allow you to nickname them. As far as I know everyone allows as many keys as you like except Vanguard and Amazon AWS (which both also only accept Yubico keys)
- theli0nheart 8y agoYep, they do. I’ve registered 6 without a problem.
- blfr 8y agoSix seems like a lot. Why do you need so many?
- theli0nheart 8y agoIt’s cheap insurance against getting locked out of my Google account forever.
- blfr 8y agoSure but you're diluting the second factor. The more tokens you have, the easier it is to get one and without you noticing.
- theli0nheart 8y agoThere's always a tradeoff between convenience and security, but I'm relatively unworried about someone, say, breaking into my bank compared to someone spoofing my phone number.
- sbr464 8y agoYes no problem
- spydum 8y agoJust to be clear: it only requires ONE key to be present. Supporting multiple keys is for BACKUP, not additional layers of security (if you were thinking of distributing two keys, one to each person, to make it required for both parties to be present to auth).