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Browser support is necessary for a website to communicate with a hardware key (such as Yubikey). Yubikeys aren't automatic; you press a button to authenticate.

Maybe you don't like those, but they work well for many people. Even non-technical users are less likely to lose a key on their keychain than to lose or damage their phone. (I've lost Google Authenticator keys to phone hardware failure.) They can also be used by people who don't have a cell phone at all, or use it rarely.

They're also resistant to phishing attacks since they authenticate the site, and users are not good at checking domain names.




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