u/AdFit8727

▲ 30 r/yubikey

I never expected to prefer using my Yubikey...

I expected a trade-off between security and usability. It would be more secure, sure, but it would also make things much worse from a usability perspective...

...but here I am, actually preferring to use it. I only need to enter a pin rather than my Bitwarden master password. Yes I know you can set a pin on password managers, but it's not exactly the same as a hardware token.

Color me surprised. I did not expect this outcome.

(sorry I just realised this is missing some context that might confuse some people, a few months ago Bitwarden updated their browser plugin so that you can use your Yubikey now to log in, it's really cool)

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u/AdFit8727 — 10 hours ago

Would anyone else be interested in a Yubikey Chonk edition?

We have the nano model on one end of the spectrum, but I figure it would be nice to have a quarter pounder edition that sits firmly on my desk. One solid weighty design with a huge touch surface that wouldn't require my dialling wand - it would allow me to waggle my extremities roughly where it's located in order to authenticate. Think of that palm scanner from Total Recall.

Sure I could tape my existing key to a larger object, or 3D print some sort of base, but I thought a dedicated Chonk Pro Max model would be cool.

I would ask you what you all think, but I just assume you all agree with me.

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u/AdFit8727 — 3 days ago

This is pretty cool (passkey support in Windows)

So I saw this feature was in the works: https://community.bitwarden.com/t/windows-11-passkeys-beta/90816

And while it's great, honestly I don't use that many native desktop apps that require a login anymore. I guess most of my life is via a web interface these days.

Anyway I asked co-pilot what else this might enable and it said this:

Use passkeys in Windows apps that previously had no passkey support

Because Windows now exposes a system‑level passkey picker, any app that uses the Windows WebAuthn API can now use Bitwarden‑stored passkeys — even if the app never implemented its own passkey UI.

I get that this isn't perfect, but I have to say this is pretty cool.

u/AdFit8727 — 6 days ago

My retired father is obsessed with his security system (UDM Pro or SE, can't remember which). They're not for security per se - he just likes to sit on them and watch. It's a safe area and he doesn't have any valuables. He's just obsessed with them, so they barely serve any functional purpose. He was so excited when he learned there was an Apple TV app. I've bought him a whole suite of G6 cameras, a G6 instant. Every birthday I just add to his pile of needless cameras. It's kinda overkill right now where there being almost one camera in every corner, but again this isn't about cameras per se, but to feed some weird hobby.

So what to buy him for his next b'day coming up? What ridiculously unnecessarily over the top crap can I add to this madness? Just for the lolz I was thinking I could add a camera to watch his other camera. Like camera inception.

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u/AdFit8727 — 24 days ago