YubiKey: Protect your Facebook, Google, and other online accounts with this hardware authentication key

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/yubikey-protect-your-facebook-google-and-other-online-accounts-for-as-little-as-18-with-this/

YubiKey offers a faster and more convenient alternative to text-messages or authenticator app two-factor authentication

Looking for a quick, easy, and affordable way to protect your Google account, Facebook, GitHub, Dropbox, Salesforce admin account (and much more)? Or maybe you're looking for a way to harden your Mac or Windows login credentials.
Take a look at the YubiKey.

Pros:

• Cheap (with prices starting at $20)
• Far less hassle than using text messages or a third-party authenticator app, and speeds up logging into accounts on new devices
• Broad browser support: Chrome, Opera, Firefox, and Edge supports FIDO2/Webauthn
• The keys don't require recharging or battery changes
• Without your username and password, even if it is stolen, it's useless to a third-party
• Easy to use (if you can figure out two-factor authentication, you can figure out how to use YubiKeys, and if you get stuck, there are some good instructions available to guide you)
• Keys are incredibly robust and totally waterproof (one of mine lives on my keyring and gets bashed about a lot, the other I wear around my neck on a chain most of the time)
• Pretty indistinguishable from USB flash drives so the keys don't attract unwanted attention
• Scalable (customization tools and custom programming options available for business)
• Support for Open PGP encryption and code signing
• Offers an easy way to secure Windows, Mac, or Linux systems

Cons:

• Ideally, you need two keys in case one gets lost, stolen, or damaged in some way.
• There are big gaps in services that support FIDO U2F (for example, no support for Yahoo!, PayPal, banks, and so on -- come on folks, get your act together!)
• Some of the documentation can be a little intimidating at first

 

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I like the idea of 2FA, I just don't like actually having to do it. I've got the Google Titan Key.