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I'm totally confused by the "backing up" section.

> The best back-up is the buddy system: make sure at least one other person has an equivalent set of credentials for every application for which you use your YubiKey.

Why is this the best option? How is it even a good idea at all? We're talking here about someone you deeply trust, I assume? I have a second Yubikey which is accepted everywhere my primary Yubikey is. Why is that the second-best option and not the best option? I must be missing something basic here. Can someone help me out?



The issue is something could happen to you and if your PIN is lost, it doesn't matter how many second Yubikeys you have.

Seems like this advice assumes you're using your Yubikey to protect data you want to outlast you?


Oh I see. Yeah that maybe applies to a small subset of the things I use my Yubikey for, but fair enough.




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