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At $85 for the USB-C version it is surprisingly expensive (In my mind these Yubikeys have all been around $50). And it only supports FIDO/Webauthn/U2F -- so yo
by warp 5y ago
At $85 for the USB-C version it is surprisingly expensive (In my mind these Yubikeys have all been around $50).
And it only supports FIDO/Webauthn/U2F -- so you cannot use this with the Yubikey authenticator app to store TOTP tokens.
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- saxonww 5y agoI bought some Yubikey standards back in 2014 and they were $25 apiece. The Yubikey 5 NFCs I got 4 years later were $45 apiece, but had NFC and did more stuff. They released some U2F-only yubikey security keys that I thought were $20 but I am not sure (they were blue, and cheap). Now these, which the site suggests can only do U2F/Webauthn with fingerprint, are $80. I think it's cool to have a portable fingerprint-secured webauthn token, but it's disappointing to see them so expensive. I wonder if this is the long-term price, or if they are more expensive temporarily due to supply chain issues or something like that. Or, maybe they are substantially cheaper in bulk.
- staticassertion 5y agoGiven that they're limiting the number of them that a given customer can buy I suspect that the price is in part the supply.
- frankjr 5y agoThere are budget smartphones you can buy under hundred bucks (Cubot Note 7). Charging $85 for this is ridiculous.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoYes and no. For me the $85 feels expensive compared the other YubiKeys I own. On the other hand, if the $85 stops one "event" then the price is low.
- willis936 5y agoIt's just hard to swallow when the BOM is $10 and the hardware is simple. Nothing about it is magic.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoWhat other alternatives are there?