# Windows Security - Insert your Security Key into the USB Port

**URL:** <https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 30, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188 "2025-12-30T22:46:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ceddZz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@ceddZz](https://community.redact.dev/u/ceddZz)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188/1 "2025-12-30T22:46:04Z")

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I’m getting a prompt to enter a USB security key when attempting to log into Discord on Redact… Last time I used redact was 2 years ago or so, I don’t remember using a usb security key to log in with, although I may have… Is there any way to bypass this in the registry ?

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**Author:** ![GSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@GSD](https://community.redact.dev/u/GSD)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188/2 "2025-12-30T22:55:03Z")

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I have not run into that yet, see what support has to say

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**Author:** ![ceddZz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@ceddZz](https://community.redact.dev/u/ceddZz)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188/3 "2025-12-30T23:34:36Z")

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Hmm I had a usb laying around and plugged it in and it went away… so perhaps I did add that extra level of security maybe. Either way I got past it.

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**Author:** ![ceddZz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@ceddZz](https://community.redact.dev/u/ceddZz)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 6:41am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188/4 "2026-01-01T06:41:17Z")

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Hey… did you just try to pwn me ? can we come to an arrangement ?

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**Author:** ![wooly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.redact.dev/wooly/32/17_2.png) [@wooly](https://community.redact.dev/u/wooly)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/windows-security-insert-your-security-key-into-the-usb-port/188/5 "2026-01-02T00:12:26Z")

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Hey there! I don’t think that’s Redact related; believe it’s just something Discord and a few other apps have started doing recently.

It might be prompting to because it wants you to create a usb security key.

If you’re _only_ asked for this when logging in via Redact, could you open a ticket with our support team so we can investigate directly? [Contact Redact](https://redact.dev/contact)