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You can enable u2f in Firefox if you go to about:config and toggle the security.webauth.u2f property. Been using it for a couple of months and it's working grea

by polack 8y ago

You can enable u2f in Firefox if you go to about:config and toggle the security.webauth.u2f property. Been using it for a couple of months and it's working great.

StavrosK 8y ago
I can confirm that. I've been using Krypton for my second factor because of the added convenience and Firefox has had zero issues. I can't wait for WebAuthn.
- akavel 8y ago
  Did you register it on Google via Firefox too? (The first time?) For me, Google complains "must use Chrome" even though I have the u2f in about:config enabled, and it works on other sites. I read somewhere it works via Fx for login later, but for 1st registration step, they still seem to require Chrome :(
  - StavrosK 8y ago
    I think I did? I remember registering for a site in Chrome, though, but I don't remember which one that was. It's terrible that they detect browsers instead of functionality.
acdha 8y ago
I’ve been using it for at least a year and the only problem was way back when Google had a hard-coded user agent check.
akavel 8y ago
I tried that this week, and Google still complains that "you must use Chrome" when I tried to register it. The Yubikey works OK on other pages, also with u2f (e.g. gitlab & github). I read somewhere that one can do the registration on Chrome once and later use Firefox to login. But I don't want to install Chrome even once, that's why I am using Fx in the first place!... :(
- kazagistar 8y ago
  Yeah, just another instacne of either shitty or evil design by google. What a surprise.
- tialaramex 8y ago
  Yup, I can confirm that it works fine once enrolled, I use Firefox for work and they require MFA so I enrolled the FIDO token on my keychain, I don't run Chrome. I don't like how fragile this situation is (not being able to use my preferred systems to enroll) so I did not enroll my non-work accounts, whereas for systems like GitHub where Security Keys just work fine, of course both my work and personal accounts are enrolled.

by polack 8y ago

You can enable u2f in Firefox if you go to about:config and toggle the security.webauth.u2f property. Been using it for a couple of months and it's working great.

StavrosK 8y ago

I can confirm that. I've been using Krypton for my second factor because of the added convenience and Firefox has had zero issues. I can't wait for WebAuthn.

akavel 8y ago
Did you register it on Google via Firefox too? (The first time?) For me, Google complains "must use Chrome" even though I have the u2f in about:config enabled, and it works on other sites. I read somewhere it works via Fx for login later, but for 1st registration step, they still seem to require Chrome :(
- StavrosK 8y ago
  I think I did? I remember registering for a site in Chrome, though, but I don't remember which one that was. It's terrible that they detect browsers instead of functionality.

acdha 8y ago

I’ve been using it for at least a year and the only problem was way back when Google had a hard-coded user agent check.

akavel 8y ago

I tried that this week, and Google still complains that "you must use Chrome" when I tried to register it. The Yubikey works OK on other pages, also with u2f (e.g. gitlab & github). I read somewhere that one can do the registration on Chrome once and later use Firefox to login. But I don't want to install Chrome even once, that's why I am using Fx in the first place!... :(

kazagistar 8y ago
Yeah, just another instacne of either shitty or evil design by google. What a surprise.
tialaramex 8y ago
Yup, I can confirm that it works fine once enrolled, I use Firefox for work and they require MFA so I enrolled the FIDO token on my keychain, I don't run Chrome. I don't like how fragile this situation is (not being able to use my preferred systems to enroll) so I did not enroll my non-work accounts, whereas for systems like GitHub where Security Keys just work fine, of course both my work and personal accounts are enrolled.