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by piplgobde 3561 days ago
There is NitroKey[0], which seemed to me like a good alternative to Yubikey, but I haven't ordered either yet so I can't say I have first-hand experience. But much luck if you decide to go with it, something I'm looking more and more into, especially since I too use password-store and it would be good having an easier to use setup that is still secure.

[0] https://www.nitrokey.com/
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robryk 3561 days ago
Nitrokey claims on their homepage that the firmware of the Storage version of NitroKey can be updated by software. This seems to mean that there's someone out there with a key that can sign arbitrary code that can be loaded as an update and gains access to the crypto material on the device.
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Karunamon 3561 days ago
I had a look through their instructions and I'm not sure if there is a signing process that happens. You have to enable firmware access from the app, and then it's a bog standard DFU flash to load the new firmware.
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robryk 3560 days ago
Does it require you to perform any physical actions on the dongle? If not, why can't I straightforwardly extract keys if I own the machine the dongle is attached to?
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