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aquinox77
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2 years ago

Unable to use Yubikey to add security key to Google account.

I'm having several issues with using Yubikey with Google and 1password. I tried to add the Yubikey to secure my Google account, but 1password seems to be hijacking the prompt, I think (but not sure)....
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1P_Dave
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2 years ago

Hello aquinox77!

I'm sorry that you're running into issues when trying to add a security key to your Google account. Both passkeys and security keys use the same underlying webauthn technology which is why you're seeing the prompt from 1Password appear in your browser. Can you click on the security key icon in the prompt to use your security key instead:

If that doesn't work, and you still see the same error message, then try temporarily turning off 1Password in Brave:

  1. Open Brave.
  2. Type brave://extensions/ into the address bar and press enter on your keyboard.
  3. Turn off "1Password - Password Manger".

Then try to save your security key again, does that work? This will confirm whether the error message from Google is being caused by 1Password or by something else. Once you've completed the test, remember to turn 1Password back on.

-Dave