Do This Now! Yubikey + Google U2F Setup - EASY!

Published 2022-11-16
U2F or Universal 2nd Factor authentication is practically phish proof - it's the best available option for locking down your Google account (and other accounts as well!).

In this video I show just how easy it is to lock down your Google account with U2F using a Yubikey hardware security key. If you don't have one - you should!

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Time codes:

00:00 Intro
00:13 U2F vs. OTP and other types of two-factor authentication
01:05 Getting Started with U2F Setup on your Google Account
01:48 Step 1 - Log into Google
02:08 Step 2 - Navigate to Security Settings
02:22 Step 3 - Add your U2F Security Keys to your Google Account
04:26 Step 4 - Add more U2F Security keys to your Google Account!
05:49 Step 5 - Get your Backup Codes
06:57 Logging into Google with your U2F Security Key
07:34 Logging into Google on your Mobile Device with your U2F Security Key

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All Comments (21)
  • @eddielegs344
    Finally someone who explains and shows clearly. Many channels lot of fuss and not proper explanation. Thanks for that. Gtz
  • @robdavy4468
    That flashback shot to 2020 was striking! Such a different visual look!
  • @Weaver0x00
    you make some pretty niche content but its valuable to those who deliberately search for it, keep it up
  • @tomstechnews
    Hey Chris! Great and useful video to increase security by Yubikeys. Got my pair yesterday! Will follow your steps! Thanks and please produce more interesting vids ! 👍💪
  • @Yves_Cools
    Excellent tutorial video, Chris !!! I would love to see some more to cover other online services (email and others) that can use these security keys. 🙂🙂🙂
  • @bonareal7556
    Respect and reverence (in Russian uvazuha) to you for this informative video!
  • @VitoAD
    Hey Chris thanks for another great Video. I did see this when it came out but just now set up my YubiKeys on my Google account. I did set up my YubiKey on Google using OTP. Now that I set up the physical key can I remove the OTP or leave it setup?
  • @drescherjm
    I purchased my Yubikey last week. The initial reaction was a lot of frustration (even as software engineer with 26 years of work experience) as many of my most important sites (financial ...) would not use it or prevented me from accessing my security settings from home (microsoft office 356 from work). I did get two of my important accounts setup and that is very helpful as I don't always have my smartphone within arms reach. I am watching these videos to learn about the features and to enable more accounts when possible. Since I have only 1 key at the moment I prefer to have an option for a second form of 2fa to an authenticator app in addition to the key.
  • @joellemorris5684
    thanks a lot for this great video!! But what about in the context of an office, I have multiple persons (let's say 4 in this example) wanting to sign in to a Google account from their office devices (6 laptops, 2 desktops, 1 tablet, 8 phones), how should I buy 4 Yubikeys and then register them in Google?
  • @pachjo123
    I did this last year because people keep trying to break into my Gmail account for some reason and my Microsoft account. This pretty much put a stop to it especially my Gmail because my account is an original beta account and is very old, I think people want my alias for Gmail.
  • Apple finally added NFC for Yubikey in 2019, and Android had it for years.... I was at Gartner IAM in Vegas in a meeting with yubico execs to bring them into my company as a security key provider when apple announced it. Everyone jumped up and celebrated over the news. Until then, Apple ONLY allowed NFC to be used with APPLE devices. I believe whole heartedly in FIDO and U2F and pushed to bring them into my company I work for as a Sr Lead Cyber Security Architect/Manager and was able to succeed. I use my Yubikey for all my accounts security and paired with LastPass where my Yubikey is the key to unlock my vault too where i have thousands of accounts stored and extremely secure passwords that I rotate every 90 days.... Not letting anyone in my world.
  • @Przyziemni
    Should we switch off 2 step verification after adding Yubikey ? And leave only that key? thx - maybe i miss that my English is like it is... thank you great content
  • @dude7189
    I'm trying to find out if the "flipper zero" can emulate a yubikey (as i heard the flipper zero can copy and emulate any thing that uses wifi bluetooth or nfc) and let someone use the flipper zero to access your yubikey locked account
  • @WayneRigley
    so should we have 2 keys just in case or will one key and backup codes work fine ?
  • @Morcego538
    Can you show us this using the flipper? The flipper does the nfc authentication on the smartphone?
  • What do you think of v6 of the Yubico Authenticator Desktop App?... on the Mac, it no longer lives in the menubar and doesn't automatically copy the OTP after touching the key.
  • @briantodd6903
    Is that the same camo key that you used on apple iPhone maybe better question can you use the same key on different devices ty
  • @IndianaDiy
    YubiKeys are awesome! I have several, I’m considering buying the YubiKeys FIPS keys in future. I have been using Authy 2FA and YubiKeys.