I am im the market for a hardware key for MFA. I want to put it on my keyring and put it in my pocket so I always have it with me. I guess it should be quite sturdy for that (no easily broken off connectors, …) I mainly want to use it as additional factor for my Bitwarden vault. Do you have any recommendations, experiences, stories? Yubikey seems to be by far the brand most recommended. Solo is nice bc open source hard/firmware, but I care more about reliability and usability than openness I think.

Thank you for your insights!

  • Qazwsxedcrfv000@lemmy.unknownsys.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would place my trust on the good “not-so-old” Yubikey. I have been using their keys since early 2010s. I have used NEO, 4, and 5 NFC and all of them have been rock solid.

    • binom@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for the explanation. I wanted to not just buy the most popular thing from the near monopoly brand, but I really only read good things about the yubikey 5 series. At the moment I think I am veering towards buying that.

  • Version@feddit.deEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I have a yubikey on my keychain for a few years now, no problems so far.

    Btw, I would recommend to get at least 2, one you use and one as a backup.

    • binom@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for the recommendations. Any first hand experience with these brands? I am looking mainly for reliability and durability. Otherwise they look quite good, maybe even a bit overkill for me with all the extra features.

      • BrikoX@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        No, but Nitrokey is well known and time tested at this point. And they have different models, so I’m sure you can find something that works for you.