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		ac29 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed... > Most clued-up places enable you to register a Yubikey as 2FA. So then it doesn't matter if you loose your OTP app and your backup codes because you've still got a Yubikey. And what happens if you lose your Yubikey or it stops working? You're back to needing backup codes or an additional 2FA device

traceroute66 6 months ago [–]

> And what happens if you lose your Yubikey or it stops working?

That's why you own N+1 Yubikeys ;p

Any place that offers Yubikey auth will enable you to register multiple Yubikeys against your account.

In all my time on the internet I have only ever seen one place that allows Yubikeys but restricts you to one key.

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