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Yubico YubiKey lets you be me: Security blunder sparks recall of govt-friendly auth tokens

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Still, not a bad overall track record

Yubico has been around for 12 years now. Their devices by design do not allow customer-level firmware updates, meaning that if a security vulnerability is found they pretty much HAVE TO issue replacements. Even so, I am only aware of _two_ replacement programmes: after the discovery of the ROCA vulnerability, and the current one.

Of the three hardware security devices I use on a regular basis (a YubiKey, a similar token from a different vendor released at around the same time, and a "normal" SmartCard in credit-card form factor), overall I still consider the YubiKey the best value for money.

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