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YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2024
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This is the problem of the security model by obscurity, if they had opted for an open source model both in hardware and firmware (like Nitrokey) maybe they wouldn't be having this problem.
Is Yubico actually claiming it is more secure by not being open source?