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Are there FLOSS-friendly versions of YubiKey?
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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
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For my own understanding, what potential dangers are there using a Yubikey as opposed to an open source key?
I'm a novice myself, so don't expect an accurate and technical answer. My understanding is that the argument basically boils down to "claim versus veracity" on any vulnerabilities or compromises in the key.
How do you know there aren't significant security vulnerabilities in the key, or that there aren't backdoors?
The open source community have some excellent security experts who can check and let us know if all is good, or if something is off.