YubiKey VS FreeOTP

YubiKey Reviews

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YubiKey mentions (10)

• Regarding Yubikey

  People refer to blue keys as 'old' but yubico.com is clear...Security Key Series has been updated to black in 2023 with the same features as the Security Key Series in blue. Blue keys only available through partner sites. Source: about 1 year ago

• Can't log in on mobile – Yubikey 5C NFC

  Sorry if this has been asked a lot already - I've tried searching yubico.com and this subreddit, but I haven't found a fix for it. Source: about 1 year ago

• Why passkeys from Apple, Google, Microsoft may soon replace your passwords

  And this is what passkeys fix. So instead you get your parents a set of yubi-keys for their access to 1-pass. * Whenever they are using a known machine (their laptop, phone, etc.) an biometric+device security is used, that's your 2FA. * When in rare machines, or doing things that are probably not ideal (like trying to load and read account information stored in the password manager) they'd have to pull up... Source: about 1 year ago

• First Yubikey lasted almost 10 years, here’s hoping for another 10!

  You know how sites ask you to use 2FA by texting you a code and having you put it in? It lets you do that by pressing the gold button on the front. It's better than using phone multifactor authentication, because it's possible for hackers to either trick you into giving them 2FA codes (There's a video on the front page of yubico.com right now explaining how that can happen), or to manipulate your phone carrier... Source: over 1 year ago

• Google Authenticator

  Not a solution to your exact problem, but since you're already in this pickle, I recommend getting a couple security keys (Yubikeys directly from yubico.com). You can then use Yubico's authentication app + security key which works with any service requiring an authetication app (including CDC - this is what I use). It's much easier to restore and a lot more secure. Source: over 1 year ago

FreeOTP mentions (8)

• TOTP Authentication with Free Software

  Https://freeotp.github.io/ is yet another TOTP provider by Red Hat. It's the only app that I've used so far. Available from F-Droid plus the usual places. There's also a fork FreeOTP+ by some people who have different ideas about the security model and enabling backup of keys. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• ⟳ 1 apps added, 42 updated at f-droid.org

  FreeOTP (version 2.0): Two-factor authentication. Source: over 1 year ago

• How can my friend migrate her account to Microsoft, if she does not have any available SMS?

  Authy is a thing; Google Authenticator is a thing; FreeOTP is a thing; you can even buy external dongles and thumb drives for it (e.g. YubiKey that you can carry around on a keychain. Source: about 2 years ago

• Location Tracking 2FA Apps

  Is this a proprietary MFA app, or is it compatible with generic TOTP and HOTP apps? If it's the second case (where you can just scan a QR code and go your way), use an open-source client like FreeOTP, it won't even use a network connection or read any files except its own stored token. Source: over 2 years ago

• I just realized I've been using Google Authenticator. What should I switch to?

  FreeOTP Open source, free and backed by Red Hat, a large company. Big recommend! Source: over 2 years ago