Hardware Tokens That Never Leave the Port

Most hardware token advice assumes you'll carry it on a keychain and pull it out occasionally. But what if you want one that lives in the USB port — on a crusted home desktop or a travel laptop? This episode explores the always-attached workflow: which tokens handle it, how SSH key storage works on FIDO2 devices, and why developers traveling with laptops should care. We cover the YubiKey 5 series, Nitrokey 3, Google Titan, and SoloKeys, plus the practical tradeoffs between USB-A and USB-C, Nano form factors, and NFC you'll never use. If you've ever wondered whether a hardware token makes sense for daily driver use instead of phone-based authenticators, this is the episode for you. Episode #396604 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/396604