iPad & iPhone User - USA (2020-03)

SECURITY SPECIAL

connections for both

USB-C and Lightning

and support for a

wide array of security

protocols and services. The downside? It’s £76 (from

fave.co/2TkUwCQ) for a single key. There are some

cheaper options, but any way you slice it, it’s another

physical thing you need to have with you at all times, or

else you won’t be able to get into your accounts.

And if you lose it (it’s tiny), you have to go through

every service for which you enabled it and use

whatever secondary authentication method they have

to recover access to your account.

Hardware keys are great if you’re so inclined, but

we still think the best intersection of security, cost, and

ease-of-use is a TOTP app.

Hardware keys like

YubiKey are fast and

secure, but aren’t

cheap. And it’s another

thing to carry around

SECURITY SPECIAL

connectionsforboth

USB-CandLightning

andsupportfora

widearrayofsecurity

protocolsandservices.Thedownside?It’s£76(from

fave.co/2TkUwCQ)forasinglekey.Therearesome

cheaperoptions,butanywayyousliceit,it’sanother

physicalthingyouneedtohavewithyouatalltimes,or

elseyouwon’tbeabletogetintoyouraccounts.

Andifyouloseit(it’stiny),youhavetogothrough

everyserviceforwhichyouenableditanduse

whateversecondaryauthenticationmethodtheyhave

torecoveraccesstoyouraccount.

Hardwarekeysaregreatifyou’resoinclined,but

westillthinkthebestintersectionofsecurity,cost,and

ease-of-useisaTOTPapp.

Hardware keys like

YubiKey are fast and

secure, but aren’t

cheap. And it’s another

thing to carry around