Interactive Brokers finally supports passkeys

[missaq]

I randomly found out last week that Interactive Brokers now supports passkeys, including hardware security keys like YubiKeys.

Honestly, I am really happy to see this. For a brokerage account, having the option to use a hardware backed passkey is a big security improvement in my opinion. It is also much more convenient than relying on passwords and traditional 2FA methods.

I was not even aware that IBKR had added support for this, so I figured I would share it here in case others missed it too.

Nice to see Interactive Brokers finally adding passkey support.

 

[Baptiste Wicht]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

That's amazing news, I did not see this either.

I know they supported 2FA TOTP which is what I was using, but yubikey is another level of security. I really wish more and more services were opting for such levels of security. In Switzerland, we are mostly stuck with SMS 2FA.

I will try it out, thanks for sharing!

 

[missaq]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

That's amazing news, I did not see this either.

I know they supported 2FA TOTP which is what I was using, but yubikey is another level of security. I really wish more and more services were opting for such levels of security. In Switzerland, we are mostly stuck with SMS 2FA.

I will try it out, thanks for sharing!

Thanks! I registered two YubiKeys on my account, just to have a backup.

One thing I noticed is that if you want to disable the IB Key, you need to create a support ticket. I would probably just call them directly though, as that seems to be the easier option.

Glad you found the post useful!