No word on switching back to open source. Their YubiKey NEO was open source; not...

j_s · on Jan 5, 2017

I believe it has been discussed here previously, but open source on a propietary firmware (Java VM) wouldn't be considered open source by many.

It is interesting how it allowed revealing the details of a bug in the implementation, though.

OJFord · on Jan 5, 2017

> open source on a propietary firmware (Java VM) wouldn't be considered open source

It's significantly better than completely closed though!

yarrel · on Jan 6, 2017

Why? You still can't control, fix or trust the software as a whole.

It's like a parachute that almost opens.

rrobukef · on Jan 6, 2017

Then it's at least a parachute and not a backpack with an anvil.

_ofdw · on Jan 6, 2017

And yet you'll still be in trouble when you impact the ground

sllabres · on Jan 5, 2017

For my feel, the phrase "security by obscurity" is a little overapplied.

jsjohnst · on Jan 5, 2017

My understanding was this had to do with a licensing issue with one of the chips they were using.