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by androidbishop 1048 days ago
Google was one of the earliest adopters of Yubikeys, and they used them for EVERYTHING. When I worked there, we always received 2 keys: one of those itty bitty ones that sits in your USB port permanently, and a regular key that fit into our security badge holder, or you could keep at home, or whatever. The switch to security keys reduced account takeovers to 0:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/07/google-security-keys-neu...

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I have four. One attached to the desktop, one attached to the laptop, and two carried with all my mechanical keys (one of them supports NFC and another supports USB-C).
glutton ;-p
And if you somehow get locked out you can show up at the help desk in person, or VC in with your manager on the call to Id you