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Welcome to AirID FIDO First Steps. Our Quick Start Guide is the perfect place to start and get an overview of the most important features of the AirID FIDO. You will learn how to setup, pair with your PC/laptop/tablet and connectoperate your AirID FIDO with a few very basic steps. If you would like want to know read more about the AirID FIDO and its capabilities , continue reading our User Manual, FAQ and HowTos. |
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Pair your AirID FIDO with your 'device'.
Pairing your AirID FIDO starts with your regular Bluetooth pairing process.
During the pairing process please check the AirID Display for the appearing pairing code.
- Turn on your AirID FIDO
- Make sure the Bluetooth connection is activated on your AirID FIDO and on your host system
- Depending on your platform, initialize the pairing process on your client → Links
For secure pairing, compare the displayed code on AirID FIDO with the code displayed on the host system and confirm the pairing code on both sides, the AirID and your client
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Note: this code needs to be accepted on both sides, the AirID and your client. |
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'device' - The AirID FIDO may differ in its handling depending on the platform you intend to use, the most present example of this would be the general difference between a smartphone and a pc.
Helpful Articles regarding the specifics of the different pairing methods and much more can be found in below articles
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Three simple steps to get started with your AirID FIDO security key:
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If you need help setting up and registering your AirID FIDO feel free to contact our support or check out our support articles you will find below! |
Register your AirID FIDO in your desired 'Application'
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'Application' means services such as Facebook, Twitter, Binance, Github a short selection of Applications can be found on our https://airid.com/en/airid-fido/ Page |
Name your AirID FIDO in destined 'Application'
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Applications tend to ask for a self entered device name correlating to your AirID FIDO. This is completly free of choice and is aimed to help you recognize the token you've chosen later on. |
What even is FIDO
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FIDO challenges a whole industry. Instead of having passwords, or password managers for all sorts of 'applications' such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, 1Password, Github, Binance. Each app gets their own individual security key, stored inside your AirID FIDO. |
How can I Backup my AirID FIDO
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FIDO by design is made so that it is not possible to export the stored keys. Instead a secondary strong authentication is advised. This can be annother AirID FIDO security key or a certificate based authentication (Smartcard). |
Where can I find more about this
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Since FIDO is new to most we dedicated a whole section to this topic which can be found here. |
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