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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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YubiKey And Screen Readers: I couldn't find any real information about how Yubikeys work with screen readers. So I decided to publish some. stuff.interfree.ca/2026/05/13/yubikey-with-screenreaders.html
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Munchkinbear @munchkinbear@mastodon.stickbear.me
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@fastfinge I'm debating getting one, i wonder if it'll play ball with bitwarden my self-hosted password thingy. grins.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@munchkinbear In theory yes. But I haven't tested that.
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Jack-Frostodon @jackf723@mastodon.social
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@fastfinge @munchkinbear It will on chrome browsers. It won't on Firefox due to either Firefox not pulling in support for the Webauthn-prf extension, Bitwarden not pulling any existing Firefox support into its offering, or both.
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Jack-Frostodon @jackf723@mastodon.social
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@fastfinge @munchkinbear This page:
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authentication_API/WebAuthn_extensions#prf
suggests support in Firefox should be present. Paging
@bitwarden in case they have any input on this regarding the browser extension.
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Serena 🏳️‍🌈 @SerenaTori@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @munchkinbear Good Review, thank you for that. I have been curious about these but have never tried them.
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Andrew Hodgson @andrew@hodgson.io
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@fastfinge I've had a few of these over the years and have never actually ever used the management tools from them. I've typically used the built-in Windows or web browser support for them.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@andrew You need the management tools if you want to put PGP and SSH keys on them. Or at least, that was the quickest way I could figure out of doing it.
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James Scholes @jscholes@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge The only thing I remember about using a YubiKey back in the day was accidentally touching it, quite frequently, and dumping a massive string of text into whatever edit field I was focused on at the time. Do they still do that? @andrew
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@jscholes @andrew No. That's the TOTP setting I mentioned. Turn that off, and now they work directly with the passcode API on windows/mac/android.
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Andrew Hodgson @andrew@hodgson.io
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@fastfinge @jscholes We have these at work and people are always doing this, its especially prevalent in Teams because the string it sends finishes with CRLF so the message gets automatically sent.
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Andrew Hodgson @andrew@hodgson.io
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@fastfinge @jscholes I've just used them for authentication into Windows accounts and websites like Bitwarden etc. The ones I have here are old as they don't support NFC.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@andrew @jscholes NFC is a critical feature for me. I do testing across android, IOS, mac, and Windows, and need my secure accounts available in all the places.
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Andrew Hodgson @andrew@hodgson.io
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@fastfinge @jscholes I was going to buy new keys but decided I only use them very occasionally so I'm actually trying to live without them for the time being. I never used them for SSH keys.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@andrew @jscholes I'd say that the default SSH key workflow is fine, unless you need keys on multiple machines. Yubikey for SSH is way more convenient than a jumpbox, or making dozens of keys and keeping track of them all.
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Andrew Hodgson @andrew@hodgson.io
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@fastfinge @jscholes Glad you said that actually as I was really struggling to have a reason for buying a new set of these keys and if I get a compelling reason I will do so its just not something I feel I need at the moment with the number of machines I need to manage. Interestingly at work we have to SSH into Linux boxes with passwords after connecting to a Bastion via the Ubikey. Love large orgs.
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Jay Pellis @jpellis2008@dragonscave.space
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@Jage @fastfinge Would you be willing to post amazon or other US links to the various models? If not hat is fine but I am definitely interested, especially if the USB A version will just work since those are the most ports my wife and I have on our machines.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@jpellis2008 If you search yubikey on Amazon, they're the first result. I'm Canadian, so I can't give you useful links; I just get redirected to amazon.ca. Though @Jage selling them on ATGuys might be an interesting idea.
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Jay Pellis @jpellis2008@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @Jage Thanks, I found them! I was thinking about the cheaper security key version but the more expensive one does support OTP. Which one did you choose.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@jpellis2008 @Jage I have the more expensive one for work. But no reason to get it unless you need the extra features.
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Jay Pellis @jpellis2008@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @Jage All my wife and I really want is a secure place for logging in to websites or passwords. The security key doesn't store passwords but it works with passwords managers so we should be just fine.
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Jay Pellis @jpellis2008@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @Jage Now gotta choose a password manager. I use bitwarden for work and that works fine but one password sounds good too. I'm sure they all basically do the same thing.
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Tom Grant @TomGrant91@tweesecake.social
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@jpellis2008 @fastfinge @Jage basically yes, I got prompted to use 1 password as dropbox passwords went some time ago. Now here's the thing. I got told by E-mail about dropbox passwords, yet I'm not even using it. Weird, hey?
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Jay Pellis @jpellis2008@dragonscave.space
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@fastfinge @Jage Wonder how often they go on sale? Don't know if we need them just yet but the sale going on now is tempting.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@jpellis2008 @Jage No idea, sorry.
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Martin @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca
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@fastfinge @Jage @jpellis2008 I'd love to use such a thing, but knowing me, I'd lose it.
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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦 @fastfinge@interfree.ca
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@mcourcel @Jage @jpellis2008 I have two. One in my pocket, and one in the safe.
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Martin @mcourcel@allovertheplace.ca
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