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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sorry to be ignorant.

WTF is that?


69 posted on 05/14/2022 12:06:08 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Love's redeeming work is done)
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To: Jim Noble

It’s called a yubikey.

From website: The YubiKey offers superior security by combining hardware-based authentication and public key cryptography to effectively defend against phishing attacks and eliminate account takeovers. It offers multi-protocol support including FIDO2, Yubico OTP, OATH HOTP, U2F, PIV, and Open PGP.

https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-5-nfc/

It’s a foolproof method for stupid people like me to securely log into websites.

The yubikey is a physical device that you plug into your USB 4 computer port while logging in. You must physically press the yubikey button to log into your account on the website after you get the prompt from the website.

Because it’s a device that requires the user to physically activate it, it’s my understanding that it can’t be hacked.

I use it on financial sites.

Everything I wrote above was written by me - a stupid idiot. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions.


80 posted on 05/14/2022 1:02:21 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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