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BLE solutions are going to work much better for mobile devices than NFC I think. Google already supports it for their apps via SmartLock and Advanced Protection on both major mobile platforms. Its the browsers, and namely Safari, thats being the blocker on iOS right now - both for NFC and BLE solutions.

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> BLE solutions are going to work much better for mobile devices than NFC I think

Yubico would disagree. According to their research studies BLE devices are harder to use and less robust.

Source: https://www.yubico.com/2016/06/yubikey-u2f-tracking-bluetoot...

It works in iOS Chrome but only on Google properties. I agree Safari is a problem, I’m not sure it’s the only pinch point. They managed to glue it all together with app links and URL schemes.

(Chrome on iOS works fine with Krypton on the same phone, effectively giving me the SEP U2F I want, just with gross UX.)

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