It's time to renew another widely-mentioned-but-rarely-used tool from the privacy community: the Nitrokey. Many mention it, but few seem to have used it or have hands-on experience. So I decided to fix that. Special thanks to Nitrokey for helping provide a key for testing.

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00:00 Introduction 00:23 Support Us! 01:28 What is a Nitrokey? 03:06 The Nitrokey 3A Mini 04:02 Pre-purchase Impressions 04:50 Unboxing 07:45 Use with KeePassXC 08:41 Nitrokey App 10:34 FIDO/U2F 11:24 The Nitrokey 2 Storage 12:08 Updated Disclaimer 12:54 Initial Impressions 14:04 Nitrokey App 14:27 Getting Started 14:48 Password/OTP Slots 16:00 Encrypted/Hidden Storage 18:07 FIDO/U2F 18:32 Firmware Updates 18:46 Data Erasure & Return 19:12 Final Thoughts 20:49 Support Us! 21:59 Outro

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