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7 HN users recommended this between 2017 and 2018, in 7 comments.
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You're right. The feitan MultiPass (naming win!) Is the Bluetooth one I use: https://www.amazon.com/Feitian-MultiPass-FIDO-Security-Key/d...
For Google Apps, you could use a Bluetooth LE U2F Security key, like a Feitan [1] plus the Google Smart Lock app on the App store[2].
1. https://www.amazon.com/Feitian-MultiPass-FIDO-Security-Key/d... 2. Google Smart Lock by Google, Inc.
There is a NFC Yubikey which you can tap against your phone to log in.
There is also a bluetooth version which is not manufactured by Yubikey.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYV6TQM/?coliid=I3IA8VD7QRRZDT&...
This looks similar to the Feitan Bluetooth LE-compatible key they also recommend that you purchase if you enable their Advanced Protection feature on your Google account:
https://www.amazon.com/Feitian-MultiPass-FIDO-Security-Key/d...
BLE security keys also exist:
https://www.amazon.com/Feitian-MultiPass-FIDO-Security-Key/d...
SecureId is a TOTP device last time I checked, which is phishable and significantly less secure than U2F devices. The sooner TOTP is phased out the better.
If BLE and NFC are unacceptable, well, I guess you are stuck trying to use TPMs in some way to do U2F. Some phones already support something like that and I assume newer desktops and laptops will be capable of doing that some day.
That does not make sense in this case.
The key is made by a company called Feitian (Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd), on Amazon. That's the original manufacturer selling directly on Amazon [1]. That's the only one available. Its about as authentic as you can get on Amazon. I'd rather buy it from Gearbest or Banggood but they don't sell this. And Google just sells it rebranded.
Though I won't buy this (I could use the BLE part of it), since for one it doesn't seem to be build strongly (overcome-able but still), it only seems to work with Chrome according to reviews (I use Firefox), and I'm unsure if Bluetooth is secure for this method, nor reliable. NFC should be fine, since its much closer range, and I have a YubiKey NEO but my phone doesn't have NFC, unfortunately.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Feitian-MultiPass-FIDO-Security-Key/d...
I still can't tell if these are just rebranded Feitian Multipass keys [0], which I've already owned for several years. Has Google added something that I've missed?
[0] https://smile.amazon.com/Feitian-MultiPass-FIDO-Security-Key...)