Choose Add Security Key to begin the setup process. Click the Register button, push your key into a spare USB port, then tap the button on the stick itself.

Once the stick is in place, you can then press a button that will initiate a cryptographic exchange with Google’s security protocols to see if the USB stick matches with your login credentials.

LogmeOnce, a password-management platform built around a secure USB stick, set out last month to raise $50,000 on Kickstarter. Now, it's about to hit that crowdfunding goal, with 12 days to spare.