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Newbie to Dropbox and am trying to set up 2nd factor authentication for security purposes but the only options I'm presented with are "texts" to a mobile phone or using a mobile authenticator app. I do have a yubikey (hardware token) and would prefer setting up the yubikey instead of the other two methods (texts/authenticator app). My Dropbox account, btw, is a "promotional" account (HP device purchase) which is being made available by Dropbox for 12 months. Could this be the reason for my not being able to setup the yubikey for 2nd factor authentication ?
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Hey @Skycap, thanks for posting your question to our Community.
Can you please take a look at these steps, to see if they help?
Let me know how it goes!
Hannah
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@Hannah, Skycap here, tried the link to the instructions and was able to set up 2nd factor authentication using the Yubikey token for additional security for my Dropbox account. Thank you for the prompt assist !
That's wonderful, @Skycap!
Thanks for the update and if you need anything else, please let us know.
Have a great week ahead!
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