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It's just another layer on top of an already well built crypto system. It can prevent someone that gains physical access to your yubikey from easily using the
by WatchDog 7y ago
It's just another layer on top of an already well built crypto system.
It can prevent someone that gains physical access to your yubikey from easily using the device.
It might not stop a very advanced attacker, but it at least makes things more difficult.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoDidn't the password do that already? The one that can be changed?
- lawnchair_larry 7y agoNo. Passwords can be phished. Even password+OTP has proven to be weak. This cannot be phished, and it’s far more user-friendly. The fingerprint is not a password replacement. The yubikey is a password replacement. The fingerprint prevents a random person from using your yubikey before you notice that it’s gone and you revoke it.
- hirsin 7y agoPasswords can be used from anywhere. Keys cannot. That is the attack this blocks.