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How do you balance SSH key security and daily convenience on Windows?

Hey devs & sysadmins,

I ve been tweaking my dev environment on Windows lately, and I m curious about your setups.

Traditional passphrases get annoying when you authenticate dozens of times a day. Standard hardware keys (like Yubikeys) are great, but leaving them plugged in feels sub-optimal, and forgetting them turns into a total disaster.

Ideally, I want hardware-isolated security but with zero frictionless biometrics. Have you found a perfect solution, or are you still raw-dogging plain-text keys in your .ssh folder?

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