On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 8:24 AM grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Problem with all these "amazing" hw privkey stores > is when they fail, which all of them will, especially by > emp or solar flare or silicon or flash rot, users lose > access to their keys. Of course the vendors never > disclose this fact in their advertising spam, none > of the shillers even grasp it. All the users coin, > email, etc... gone forever. Nothing beats paper or > otherwise redundantly and indestructably backed > up and hidden.
Sure, nothing beats, for example, pencil and paper, when it comes to unbreakable quantum computer resistant encryption, when using compromised online devices. *BUT* I was referring to Yubikeys, because one can purchase many and use them besides storing a secret key for decryption also for Gmail, Twitter etc. 2FA, which you can not do with paper, let alone that you can't steal a secret key on a Yubikey remotely, when your online device is compromised. And last but not the least nobody is forced to use them. Regards Stefan
