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by Boulth6 2053 days ago
The press release mentions only FIDO2. Where did you get the OpenPGP smart card bit?
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I just assumed, but I think you're right that it doesn't. (Though I wouldn't be surprised if it followed, Yubikey's first FIDO key was also just that, but now they all do it.)

My main point though was that it's not a device-specific authentication, or even an external reader for unlocking a secret provisioned onto one or many devices, it is the sole thing needed, so you can walk up to a new device and use it without provisioning it with secrets.

An OpenPGP one would be cool though - replace passphrase with fingerprint.

If they're releasing a fingerprint-scanning version, I'd be surprised if it wasn't available with all the capabilities of the YubiKey 5 (which has OpenPGP support) for people willing to pay.