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by ok_dad 922 days ago
I use an old Google Titan key, not the bluetooth model but the regular one, as my backup (it was my primary) and a Yubikey 5 for my primary. I like the peace of mind that they give me that no one can steal my password and login to my important accounts, but I found that certain providers only allow a single 2FA to be used, with no backup, so I don't feel good using them there (AWS, what the F?) and also I find that not a lot of services support 2FA in the form of keys, they all want to use TOTP or SMS generally, so I only can really use these for my Fastmail and Bitwarden and a few other accounts, but for my bank or my health insurance, they do not support FIDO keys. I also can't use them on any government sites! I know passkeys are going to rule the world soon, but I don't like the idea that my phone and a 3rd party have access to this 2nd factor; I prefer a separate key for this purpose.
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AWS IAM supports multiple keys now! I think this was a blocker for using hardware keys on AWS for a bunch of organizations.

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/aws-ident...

Cool! Thanks for letting me know!
You don't mention which country and thus which government. Some US government sites do accept WebAuthn, and for at least some UK sites it's possible via a third party.

Banks though, yeah they aren't good at this stuff. My safe† bank decided one day to completely up-end how logins work and almost locked me out. My good bank provide a very stupid, proprietary solution but at least it's an actual secure solution.

† Safe in that they're owned by the government, so, if they go bankrupt I have worse problems because now I live in a failed state. Big piles money of money sit in this bank because it's safe, but it's run by clowns who don't understand customer service.