Can you explain a little more how you handle them in your daily life? I always liked the idea if Yubikeys, but I am a bit worried that I just would switch back to my phone (Aegis) for convenience. Things like:
Are there accounts that you didn’t get to work? Do you have separate keys for personal and work accounts? Do you just have it on your keychain an plug it in whenever you need it? Because always plugged in keys in your phone or laptop doesn’t really make sense. As far as I know you can’t just clone a key. How easy is it to setup a backup key? Does this work for all accounts? I try to not use my phone for critical stuff, but there are times I have to just check an account. Do you use your phone with Yubikeys? How is your experience? USB or NFC?
I just realized, the formatting of my last reply got lost somehow, sorry for that. Nevertheless, thank you very much for your response. Really appreciate the insights of a long time user.
I switched from Authy to Aegis like 2 years ago, because I didn’t want to rely on an online service either. Similar to something like Keepass, the database is local and you are in charge of making backups and such. But that is also the great thing about it. If your phone dies you just copy the backup to the new device and your golden. I already thought about the switch to a Yubikey back then, but didn’t go through with it.
With regards to the backup key, Yubikey recommends to save (screenshot) the QR code that is generated during 2FA setup to setup the backup key later on. Maybe that is also a workaround for services that only allow a single 2FA device. https://support.yubico.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021919459-How-to-register-your-spare-key
Yes always plugged in works of course, I just meant that you are somewhat compromising the security that you have gained by using dedicated hardware. But as you said, if touch is enabled and the key is password protected you are probably fine. In the end this comes always down to an optimization problem between security and convenience that everyone has to decided for themself.