5/29/2023 0 Comments Google authenticator yubikey![]() ![]() You can choose from password-less, strong two-factor and strong multi-factor authentication methods. Image: Asha Barbaschow/Gizmodo Australia Using the Yubikey Bio Plus, it’s far less annoying than having to enter the code sent to my phone, particularly when using a PC. But look, once master setup is done, it’s a really cruisy process to sign into everything and it feels way more secure than a simple password. I was expecting to register the key with an app then be able to attach accounts that way and move on with my life. Setup did take a little longer than I was expecting across all the accounts that work with YubiKey ( there’s so many). I had to add a PIN for each account, in addition to lodging my fingerprint. ![]() Setting up the YubiKey was pretty straight forward and was essentially the same experience for Twitter and YouTube. But this was a very important note: two-factor needs to be on before the YubiKey Bio can be added. Turns out I had to set up 2FA first, obviously. After stuffing around in the settings of Dropbox I had to Google due to being unable to find where to register my device. This was fairly easy, the only frustration was finding where exactly in the settings I was meant to register the device (but that’s a Microsoft problem, not a Yubico one). exe to run. Thankfully, Yubico made a YouTube vid.Īfter resetting my Outlook password (because I clearly forgot the password I set after the previous one was caught up in a breach), I then had to register my YubiKey Bio with Outlook. This didn’t really do much and I was puzzled by a lack of pop up, then I remembered it isn’t 2004 and there’s no. ![]() But with Yubico recently releasing the YubiKey Bio FIDO Edition security key, and the password I use for my Outlook account also recently breached by the only other log in I use that password for, I thought it was time I get my act together.Īs is the curse of being a millennial too proud to read instructions, I slammed the YubiKey Bio into my Windows PC. There’s one bit of tech I’ve never actually adopted: a physical key to sign into my accounts. ![]()
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