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YubiKey 5 Review - Security Essential or Overpriced?

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Part 3 of the Sovereign Authentication series.

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The "Industry Standard" is usually a warning sign.

In this video, we are looking at the YubiKey 5 NFC and 5C NFC. These are arguably the best engineered security keys on the planet. They are injection molded, "violence-proof," and they work with just about everything. But for those of us in the Linux and FOSS community, they present a problem.

Can you trust a security tool if you aren't allowed to see how it works?

DISCLOSURE:

Yubico provided the review unit for this video. No money changed hands. No company saw this video before I hit upload. All opinions are mine.

RESOURCES:

  • Yubico: https://www.yubico.com
  • Yubikey 5 Series: https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-5-series/yubikey-5c-nfc/
  • Yubico History: https://www.yubico.com/why-yubico/yubico-innovation-history/
  • WebAuthn Authors: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-3/

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