I am thinking about buying a pair of physical 2FA keys to protect my password manager and sensitive accounts. Which brand and model do you suggest?
If a model with open source firmware doesn’t come with big drawbacks, I’d prefer it, because I may learn from the source code and even contribute to it.
NFC is not necessary, and the keys should be USB-A. A fingerprint reader is welcome if the price doesn’t increase too much.
Thank you all in advance.
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I have a nitrokey which works great. Only downside is the software isn’t as user friendly, you need to set it up using the cli.
I am fine with a cli, I use arch btw.
How long have you had your nitrokey? Others are concerned about their durability…
Have you ever had a yubikey?
I’ve only had the nitrokey for a few months, so can’t comment on the durability yet.
I did have a yubikey before. My experience with them wasn’t great, I often had to re-plug in the key because the touch to activate thing was pretty unreliable for me, often just not responding to touch at all.
Though ultimately the reason I chose nitrokey is because I was just looking for a European alternative.