YUBIKEY 5CI: WEBAUTHN ENCRYPTED LIGHTNING KEY FOR iPHONE AND iPAD FOR SECURE AUTHENTICATION
Sep 17, 2019
3 minutes
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
Yubico’s new YubiKey 5Ci is the company’s first hardware authentication device with a Lightning adapter for the iPhone. YubiKey provides security that reduces the potential of password-based account hijacking.
Just like a second-factor token sent via text message or generated by an authentication app like Google Authenticator or Authy, YubiKey provides an additional element after a login with a username and password. Because phone numbers can be and have been hijacked and re-routed to other phones, it’s even more reliable than assuming a text-based code will always wind up at the same
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