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Yubico YubiKey 5C NFC: Strengthen Online 🔑 Security with USB-C and NFC Two-Factor Authentication Key Review

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Revainrating 3.5 out of 5  
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Description of Yubico YubiKey 5C NFC: Strengthen Online 🔑 Security with USB-C and NFC Two-Factor Authentication Key

SECURITY KEY: Protect your online accounts against unauthorized access by using 2 factor authentication with the Yubico YubiKey 5 NFC security key. It's the world's most protective USB and NFC security key that works with more online services/apps than any other. FIDO: The YubiKey 5C NFC is FIDO certified and works with Google Chrome and any FIDO-compliant application on Windows, Mac OS or Linux. Secure your login and protect your Gmail, Facebook, Dropbox, Outlook, LastPass, Dashlane, 1Password, accounts and more. FITS USB-C PORTS: Once registered, each service will request you to insert the YubiKey PC security key into a USB-C port and tap to gain access. NFC-ENABLED: Also get touch-based authentication for NFC supported Android and iOS devices and applications. Just tap & go!. DURABLE AND SECURE: Extremely secure and durable, YubiKeys are tamper resistant, water resistant, and crush resistant. The YubiKey 5 NFC USB is designed to protect your online accounts from phishing and account takeovers. Proudly made in the USA. MULTI-PROTOCOL SUPPORT: The YubiKey USB authenticator includes NFC and has multi-protocol support including FIDO2, FIDO U2F, Yubico OTP, OATH-TOTP, OATH-HOTP, Smart card (PIV), OpenPGP, and Challenge-Response capability to give you strong hardware-based authentication.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Much more secure secondary authentication than SMS

If you don't want people to be able to get your secure web information, use secondary authentication. I bought this primarily for my LastPass account as it is important. I also use Yubikey for any other account that allows use for secondary authentication e.g. e.g. Google. Once I've entered my Google information, all I have to do is tap the Yubikey and my secondary authentication will be sent. Very quick and easy. SMS on your mobile phone has been hacked. Yubikey was not hacked. This special…

Pros
  • New to my collection
Cons
  • Ugly packaging

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Expensive if you only want to use it for FIDO 2FA; Excellent overall

This is a comparison between YubiKey 5C NFC, currently available for $55 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DHL1YDL/ and Feitian ePass K40, currently available for $26 https :// smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B089ZYVCV6/Yybikey has better software, thinner and 1g lighter hardware, and support for much more advanced security key functions like SmartCard PIV etc. On the other hand, Feitian ePass has banging software ( Only Windows, see screenshot), poor documentation and functionality of the…

Pros
  • Best
Cons
  • Hard to say

Revainrating 2 out of 5

nfc unreliable best in data storage

I have 3 yubikeys that I use on my computers. I mainly use them with LastPass. I will be traveling soon and need a secure way to access my passwords on my phone in Europe. I have a 2xl pixel. First I bought a Yubikey 5 NFC. After registering it on my computer via the LastPass app, it just randomly connected when I tried to log into LastPass. This is a lengthy process and I need something more robust and user-friendly. Let's call it the $45 mistake. The Pixel has a USB-C port, so I figured I…

Pros
  • I hold my fists
Cons
  • I vaguely remember

Revainrating 4 out of 5

fantastic product.

This is an AWESOME product and looks like a failsafe way to protect yourself from bad guys, but I think I'll have to kick myself to make sure my phone even has that NFC feature (2 NFC keys before purchase). it's not like this. To solve this problem, I just bought the USB-C version, only to find out that it doesn't fit in my phone's charging port (I'm a complete electronics idiot! Of course, I'm happy to post my ignorance online too, of course). . About $150 later (2 NFC keys and C key) I still…

Pros
  • There's some truth to that
Cons
  • Minor issues

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good product, easy setup, slight design flaws

I bought this key to use for Google, LastPass and Duo MFA at my work place and it was positive to set up and use, a relatively easy experience. After a few days of use, I will probably reach for the USB-A/NFC version for everyday use and use it as a backup. My primary devices are a Pixelbook (two USB-C ports) and a Moto X4 running Android 9. The device seems to identify itself as a keyboard when plugged into the port. Touching the gold/brass contacts on either side of the key enters and returns

Pros
  • Best in class
Cons
  • I will add later

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Not ready now, maybe never, for prime time.

Don't buy these keys unless you work in an environment that needs them most. The infrastructure that allows the average consumer to use them conveniently doesn't exist yet - and, frankly, maybe never will. For several years I've been trying to make security keys my primary login method. But the truth is that they can only serve as a supplement to established security mechanisms. You cannot use them to log into a Windows computer with a regular Windows account connected to the internet. You can…

Pros
  • So far so good
Cons
  • Definitely bad product