Matthew Garrett on Nostr: Why clone a yubikey when you can simply steal it and leave an identical looking one ...
Why clone a yubikey when you can simply steal it and leave an identical looking one that just doesn't work and the user is just going to be confused for a bunch of time without realising that someone else has their 2FA token now
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