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Comment by arkadiyt

The reason hardware 2fa keys like yubikeys are unphishable is that the browser controls the usb communication with the hardware key and passes the origin of the page to it - the page itself can't spoof an origin.

But with WebUSB a page _can_ communicate directly to a yubikey and pretend it's being asked to authenticate on a different origin. It's been fixed now but it was an interesting bypass:

- https://www.yubico.com/support/issue-rating-system/security-...

- https://www.wired.com/story/chrome-yubikey-phishing-webusb/

parent arkadiyt 3 years ago

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