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From: Paul H. Christiansen10/21/2018 11:45:27 AM
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The Key to Being Safer Online Is Actually a Key

Let’s talk about seat belts. Specifically, the three-point belt that Nils Bohlin, a Volvo engineer, invented in 1959. Bohlin’s creation didn’t require companies to change the way they made cars—it just added a part, and a small extra step for drivers. Yet wearing a seat belt proved so much safer than driving without one that it spurred a wave of car-safety innovation that continues today.

Stina Ehrensvard, chief executive at online security company Yubico, sees parallels to her work trying to shape the future of online security. The internet came along, fast and new and exciting and totally unsafe—it needed a seatbelt. Ms. Ehrensvard has spent the past decade building hardware and software that makes using the internet safer without adding unnecessary complication.

I’ve been testing Yubico’s newest product, the YubiKey 5, along with a new Google gadget called the Titan Key. Both devices plug into a computer, authenticating you with a “handshake” that can be more secure than a password or authorization code. They can also do the same with some smartphones—either by plugging into a port or communicating wirelessly.

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