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Sooner or later I'll move away from Gmail b/c they make it hard to U2F be used with Firefox. More U2F is the way to go, hopefully everyone supports it in the not too distant future.


Right? The only reason I can see for them making it so hard is to pimp Chrome. Firefox supports U2F, and they know I also have an authenticator app which works with any browser. But no, they have to make it awkward and shove a Chrome ad in my face. Very jarring, and yet another disgusting move from Google (one that has gotten very little press).


Google did suddenly start supporting U2F in Firefox a few months ago!


Somehow doesn't work for me :-(


U2F is by default disabled in Firefox. You have to turn it on before using your Yubico (or other FIDO) key for a service being accessed though Firefox. It’s easy to enable. See https://www.trishtech.com/2018/07/enable-fido-u2f-security-k...


Did that some time ago already, doesn't work for me, I can't log in with my Yubikey, which at the same time works from Chrome.


Oh sorry it wasn't something simple. I just enabled it on my laptop yesterday and it worked (Firefox 62.0.2 running on MacOS 10.14).

At first I thought that I hadn't enabled right. After checking the setting again, I found the problem--I had plugged the Yubico Key in upside-down.




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