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by pilif 4672 days ago
The problem with token reuse is the same as with password reuse: If a site gets compromised, your token is worthless. If the token is burned into hardware, then your hardware is now worthless.
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I didn't mean that tokens should be shared across sites; more that a single physical token for a role account (like a backup admin login for an auditor could be escrowed with a CFO (who does not have a login)

You'd still have one hard token per site (in reality, you'd have one or two hard tokens for the most important things, and then use soft tokens for everything else.)