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I just ran across this comment, and realized it also works with gpg. I really wish yubikeys supported this backup mechanism as well (given their size), but I'm
by xur17 5y ago
I just ran across this comment, and realized it also works with gpg. I really wish yubikeys supported this backup mechanism as well (given their size), but I'm very tempted to make the jump.
- beagle3 5y agoI haven’t used yubikeys in a while, and they never supported backups, but they did support key import for GPG when I used them — so you can make a key some other way, and then put it on as many yuvikeys as you care to. Isn’t that enough for your use case?
- xur17 5y agoThat's actually the process I use right now. The problem is that it relies upon an old laptop and several usb keys for backup. It's much easier to backup 24 words on a sheet of paper than a full gpg key. Plus, those 24 words can also recover your u2f keys, crypto wallets, etc. The 24 word backup is something crypto has gotten right that I wish private key setups would replicate.