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OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

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Re: OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

#5
I've owned and used an OnlyKey for around a year and a half now and have had a really positive experience using mine. There is one issue, unfortunately the LED lights do not work when the key is plugged into a USB 3 port. The key itself works, but you do not get any LED feedback which can make unlocking and using it a little difficult. Be sure to keep this in mind if you're thinking about purchasing one.

Re: OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

#6
I really like the concept. I bought 4 of them a while ago (maybe a couple of years?) mostly to support them. I used one onlykey as my daily driver, I tried to integrate it with pass (my password manager at that time) without much luck. The software itself was very rough, the key was not meant to be used in your keychain: clear signs of usage after about a month, the usb port started to "fade", it was hard to use the touch buttons, it factory resetted at some point (out of nowhere). Overall: I'm going to keep an eye, try them again in the future, but I fee the product needs one or two more iterations before I can depend on them as my daily security driver. Oh, and LED lights stopped working after a few weeks.

one huge disadvantage (which is the same for yubikey) is that I use programmers dvorak as my keyboard layout: had to change it every time to English to input the passwords/token.

Re: OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

#7

I really like the concept. I bought 4 of them a while ago (maybe a couple of years?) mostly to support them. I used one onlykey as my daily driver, I tried to integrate it with pass (my password manager at that time) without much luck. The software itself was very rough, the key was not meant to be used in your keychain: clear signs of usage after about a month, the usb port started to "fade", it was hard to use the…

There's currently an issue (and an open PR) in to add dvorak support, though, I'm not sure if/when it'll be merged.

https://github.com/trustcrypto/OnlyKey-Firmware/issues/85

Re: OnlyKey: Open-Source Alternative to YubiKey

#8
In concept I like it, but one of the biggest yubikey advantages is how unobtrusive it is. I realize the tradeoff they're going for: Absolute security in the event that it's stolen... but I think that's actually bad for me since I'd rather have a tiny button to press as a second factor, than absolute security with a big dongle.

It'd be great if they just released a direct yubikey style clone.

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