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Existing FIDO U2F hardware tokens are largely compatible with the WebAuthn standard, though WebAuthn added the ability to reference a unique per-account "user handle" identifier, which older hardware tokens are unable to store.<ref name="webauthn"/> The first new token able to handle the new "FIDO2" style of key storage is the second-generation [[YubiKey|Security Key]] by Yubico, announced on April 10, 2018.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.yubico.com/press-releases/280530/|title=Yubico Launches New Developer Program and Security Key for FIDO2 and WebAuthn W3C Specifications|date=2018-04-10|accessdate=2018-05-11}}</ref>
Existing FIDO U2F hardware tokens are largely compatible with the WebAuthn standard, though WebAuthn added the ability to reference a unique per-account "user handle" identifier, which older hardware tokens are unable to store.<ref name="webauthn"/> The first new token able to handle the new "FIDO2" style of key storage is the second-generation [[YubiKey|Security Key]] by Yubico, announced on April 10, 2018.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.yubico.com/press-releases/280530/|title=Yubico Launches New Developer Program and Security Key for FIDO2 and WebAuthn W3C Specifications|date=2018-04-10|accessdate=2018-05-11}}</ref>


[[Dropbox]] announced support for WebAuthn logins (as a 2nd factor) on May 8th, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2018/05/introducing-webauthn-support-for-secure-dropbox-sign-in/|title=Introducing WebAuthn support for secure Dropbox sign in|first=Brad|last=Girardeau|publisher=Dropbox|work=Dropbox Tech Blog|date=2018-05-08|accessdate=2018-05-11}}</ref>
[[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]] announced support for WebAuthn logins (as a 2nd factor) on May 8th, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2018/05/introducing-webauthn-support-for-secure-dropbox-sign-in/|title=Introducing WebAuthn support for secure Dropbox sign in|first=Brad|last=Girardeau|publisher=Dropbox|work=Dropbox Tech Blog|date=2018-05-08|accessdate=2018-05-11}}</ref>


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