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by coldblues 657 days ago
Yubikeys are useless when someone can reset your password or 2FA using personally identifiable information that was just leaked. A lot of us who practice good security will be PWNED through large scale data leaks. Whenever I sign up, I sign up with fake information, and so should you. Most services will not KYC you, so just lie.
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As someone who recently dropped his phone in salt water can attest, it was pretty easy to reset my access for 8 of 10 of my 2FA accounts.
agreed, this only works if there are not "workarounds" or non-trivial ways to recover your account if you lose your yubikey.