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Use ofSecurity' key from Yubico? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by FriedRice@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I wanna make more of myaccounts in the internet secure with two factor. I don't know much about it, but found out about Fido 2 and so. The security key my webbrowser shows often is the one from Yubico (BTW, I would like to get one that works with Linux, with USB and for phone with NFC) I got concerned when I noticed that Yubico is from USA, (??) Because I think NSA and thibgs like five eyes and so. Is there actually a risk that the for example is made an backdoor in the key?

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

The firmware is indeed closed-source, so it's hard to audit. But they're popular, and a security flaw wouldn't go unnoticed for long.

There are other vendors such as NitroKey offers an alternative that offers both open source and audited hardware and software.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I personally went with a yubikey because their form factor is pretty slick. I'm not to worried about damaging the key.

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