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by zmxz 1487 days ago
I'm a long-time Yubikey user (since they arrived) and I keep my Yubikey on my keychain, with my house keys.

I've a USB dongle at my office workstation (not a laptop, good ol' desktop) and I use Yubikey to store boot decrypt password. I do have a backup.

The anecdote is this: I have to take my keys out of my pocket and then insert Yubikey into the dongle. Naturally - I forgot to take the Yubikey and the keys back, cycled back home (6km away), realized I don't have the keys to my house, had to cycle back, couldn't get into the building, had to call my coworker to come back to let me in.

And I'm glad it happened. For the past 4 years (since it happened), I've muscle-memory when it comes to handling my physical keys and how I use the Yubikey.