Macworld - USA (2019-10-B)

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LIGHTNING KEY

YUBIKEY 5CI:

WEBAUTHN

ENCRYPTED

LIGHTNING KEY FOR

iPHONE AND iPAD

FOR SECURE

AUTHENTICATION

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 Authenti-

cator 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