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Everything about YubiKey
Hardware authentication device by Yubico
The YubiKey is a collection of hardware authentication devices manufactured by Yubico AB, a company founded in 2007 by Jakob and Stina Ehrensvärd and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with an American subdivision incorporated in Santa Clara, California. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: YubiKeyA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Security and Trust ManagementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Usability Paradigm in Passwordless Authentication : A Comparative Study of YubiKey and Passkey ImplementationsCited 1 times
- Go sideways: Universal 2nd FactorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: WebAuthnA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Security and Trust ManagementAudun Jøsang · 2013- 📕Guard Your MoneyL. Phillips · 2025
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🔗 Related topics
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- Stina Ehrensvärd Stina Ehrensvärd is a Swedish-American entrepreneur, innovator and industrial designer. She is the founder and Chief Evangelist of Yubico and co-inventor…
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- Passkey A passkey, also known as security key, is a pair of cryptographic keys that is generated by a user's authenticator linked to an account to authenticate…